San Francisco Ceramic Circle
May 20th Meeting
"The Legacy of Collectors: European Ceramics
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"
an illustrated lecture by
Jeffrey Munger
Associate Curator of European Decorative Art, Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
The May meeting of the San Francisco Ceramic Circle will be
held on Thursday, 20th May in the Florence Gould Theater at the
Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
Entrance is from the West terrace from 7.30pm. The lecture will
start at 8.00pm.
About the Lecture: Beginning with a gift of European porcelain
in 1895 by George Wales, the collection of European ceramics at
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has grown primarily through the
gifts and bequests of a number of passionate and generous collectors.
This lecture will focus on some of the collections formed by these
donors, several of the donors themselves, and their impact on
the ceramic holdings of the Museum
About the lecturer: Jeffrey Munger holds degrees from Princeton
and Harvard and has spent his career associated with Museums in
the Boston area. He joined the Museum of Fine Arts as an assistant
in the department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture in
1976 and was associated with the Fogg Art Museum while at Harvard.
He returned to the Museum of Fine arts in 1982 as Assistant Curator
and was appointed Associate Curator in 1992. Mr. Munger has contributed
to publications on subjects as diverse as French furniture, upholstery
practices from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century,
ceramics, enamels and Chinese bronzes. Among his affiliations
are the French Porcelain Society, The China Students Club (Boston)
and the American Ceramic serving on the Board of Directors of
the A.C.C. since 1997
Mini exhibit: Attendees are encouraged to bring examples of
18th century European ceramics (including British) for display
and discussion. Set up from 7.30 pm.
Next meeting: Note day and location ; On Saturday,
26th June 1999 at Filoli in Woodside at 1.30pm the SFCC will meet
for a tour of the House and Ceramics collection at Filoli Hosted
by Tom Rogers, Curator of Collections. For those wishing to have
lunch and spend time in the gardens before the tour, there will
be access to the gardens from 10.00am and a private lunch in the
gardens at 12.30pm at a cost of $20.00 per person. Reservations
for this event will be required. We will send out further
details on or before 5/28/99 and will try to facilitate carpooling
for those wishing to attend.