San Francisco Ceramic Circle

Ray Yarbrough Memorial Illustrated Lecture

"New Thoughts on Bow"

by

John Sandon, International Director of Ceramics

Bonhams Auctioneers

8.00 PM Thursday, 31st January 2008

The Koret Auditorium, deYoung Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
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Enter from the garage entrance. Doors open from 7.30 PM

SFCC lectures are free with Museum paid or FAMSF membership entry

About the talk: Recent research, including the establishment of the validity of the first Bow patent and its link to "A" marked wares and to clays imported from the American colonies, and other discoveries about the early days of the Bow factory have resulted in a reassessment of the earliest English porcelains. This talk will review two collections of Bow in the light of this new knowledge and in conjunction with new thoughts on what else was going on in London in the 18th century

About the speaker: John Sandon is International Director of Ceramics at Bonhams Auctioneers, based in London, and is involved with all their major ceramics auctions worldwide. He was born into the world of antique ceramics. His father, Henry Sandon (who has also spoken to the SFCC),was curator of the Dyson Perrins (now AKA the Worcester Porcelain ) Museum for 17 years. John Sandon has been involved in excavations at the Worcester factory site and has authored or co-authored several books on his favorite factory. Among these are "The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain - 2 Volumes" ; "The Phillips Guide to English Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries"; "Worcester Blue and White Porcelain" ; "Grainger's Worcester Porcelain" (with Henry Sandon) and Worcester Porcelain 1751 - 1790: The Zorensky Collection" (with Simon Spero). John regularly contributes articles to many magazines and is well known as a ceramics expert from his appearances on the BBC "Antiques Roadshow". He has written the catalogs for the sales of the Watney. the Zorensky and several other major collections of English porcelain. His latest book "Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood, the Ewers-Tyne Collectionî" has just been published by the Antique Collectors Club.

Next meeting: Sunday, 8th March 2008. " New Hands in Old Molds " by Ethel Mussen