About the San Francisco Ceramic Circle

The San Francisco Ceramic Circle, now in its 36th year, is among the oldest and most respected ceramic collectors organizations in the U.S.A. and is a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in antique ceramics or ceramic art.

The S.F.C.C. is affiliated with the San Francisco Museums of Fine Art and sponsors a series of lectures on various aspects of ceramics. These are usually held in the Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honor located in Lincoln Park, San Francisco unless otherwise noted below. Sunday lectures start at 10.00 am and Thursday lectures at 8.00 pm with mini-exhibits 1/2 hour before the talks. Topics range from the earliest Oriental pottery, through the great European factories of the 18th century to Modern Studio ceramics. Talks are given by museum curators, collectors, authors and dealers who are authorities in their fields. Every 2 years the S.F.C.C. sponsors a 2 day seminar that attracts ceramic collectors from throughout the U.S.A. and beyond. The Circle also operates the S.F.C.C. Ceramics Study Center which includes a reference library adjacent to the porcelain gallery in the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

San Francisco Ceramic Circle 2008 Lecture Program

Date	Speaker	Lecture title
1/6/2008 Sunday 1st talk 9.30-11.15AM	Harold Nelson, Independent Curator and Researcher, Los Angeles, California	Opulent Obsessions: The Ceramic Sculpture of Ralph Bacerra
1/6/2008 Sunday 2nd talk 11.30-1.00PM	Victor Owen, Professor of Geology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	America's first porcelain: the Bartlam potworks, Cain Hoy, South Carolina
1/31/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM	John Sandon, International Director of Ceramics, Bonhams Auctioneers	New thoughts on Bow
2/2/2008 Saturday 9.30AM through 5.00PM	Seminar The appreciation and collection of pottery and porcelain	Colin Knight: Pottery and Porcelain basics; How it was made and how to tell. Malcolm Gutter: Collecting Guidelines and Some Words of Experience Suzanne Strid : Where does a collector find it John Sandon : Collecting opportunities for English and Continental Ceramics Tom Rogers: Practically Speaking: Conservation, Record Keeping, etc. Dessa Goddard: Collecting opportunities for Asian Ceramics Michael Sack: Transfer printed ceramics
3/16/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.45AM	Ethel Mussen, Collector and SFCC Board member	Collecting at the Source: New Hands in the Old Molds
4/13/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.45AM	Ronald Fuchs, Curator of the Reeves Collection at Washington and Lee University	Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection
5/11/2008 Sunday	ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO	SFCC MEMBERS ONLY EVENT. Tour of the Loggia Exhibit of Chinese Ceramics at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
6/28/2008 Saturday	Thomas Rogers, Curator of Collections , Filoli, Woodside	SFCC MEMBERS ( and their guests ) ONLY EVENT. Summer Social and tour of the collection at Filoli with emphasis on English and Dutch tin glazed eartenware ( delft ). Deadline for receipt of sign up 6/18. Luncheon $22 pp
7/17/2008 Thursday 7.00-9.45PM Porcelain Gallery, Legion	SFCC Members "Pot Night"	SFCC MEMBERS ( and their guests ) ONLY EVENT. SFCC Display and discussion of members' acquisitions
8/14/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM Koret Theater deYoung Mus.	Leslie Grigsby, Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Winterthur Museum	"One bowl more and then...." : English Drinking Vessels and Traditions in Colonial America
9/11/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM	Sheila Keppel, Potter and Chinese Art Historian	Exporting a Culture: the First Chinese Ceramics to Reach the West Coast of the Americas
10/16/ 2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM Koret Theater deYoung Mus.	Angela Howard, Specialist, Armorial Chinese Export Porcelain, Owner Heirloom and Howard , Wiltshire, England	Understanding Heraldry on Chinese Export Porcelain
11/16/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.15AM	Maureen Cassidy Geiger, Curator, The Arnhold Collection, Dresden / New York and Guest Curator, the Frick Collection	Meissen Porcelain for the French Market: the influence and input of the Marchands-Merciers ca. 1728 - 1756
December	No program

Membership in the S.F.C.C. is open to anyone with an interest in the collection and appreciation of fine and antique porcelain or pottery or the ceramic arts. Yearly membership dues are $60.00 for individuals and $95.00 for dual membership (two persons living at the same address). Online membership Application Form. For additional information about the S.F.C.C., to apply for membership or to attend a lecture as welcome visitor write to: San Francisco Ceramic Circle, P.O. Box 15163, San Francisco, California 94115, U.S.A. or phone (415) 750 - 3551

PRIOR PROGRAMS: 2007: 2006 : 2005 : 2004 : 2003 : 2002 : 2001 : 2000 : 1999 : 1998 : 1997

USEFUL LINKS: San Francisco Museums of Fine Art (FAMSF) : Asian Art Museum of San Francisco : Filoli House and Gardens ( Woodside CA ) : Oakland Museum of California :

FAMSF Image Base ( Detailed images including the Bowles Collection of English Porcelain and other ceramics).

SFCC member recommended museums with ceramic collections Under construction: last change 5/8/2008

Links to other ceramic collectors organizations

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