About the San Francisco Ceramic Circle

The San Francisco Ceramic Circle, now in its 39th 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. Lectures are held on Sunday mornings starting at 10.00 am 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. On occasions the S.F.C.C. also 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. Visitors to the museum are welcome to attend SFCC lectures.

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San Francisco Ceramic Circle 2011 Lecture Program (activate date link for details)

Date	Speaker	Lecture title
Sunday 1/16/2011 9.30-11.30AM	David Hoexter and Judie Siddall, Past Presidents, the Transferware Collectors Club & SFCC members	"Transfer-Printed Advertising on Pottery"
Sunday2/20/2011 9.30AM Talk Sunday2/20/2011 1.00PM Talk	A joint SFCC & ADAF program of two lectures by Donald Carpentier, Director, Eastfield Village, N.Y. , Potter and Pottery Historian	SFCC lecture at 10.00AM; THE TREASURES OF SPODE ADAF lecture at 1.00 PM UTILITARIAN POTTERY OR MODERN ART: MOCHA AND RELATED DIPWARES,1780 - 1840
Sunday 3/20/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Katharina Hantschmann, Oberkonservatorin für Keramik, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany	"Court Dining in Baroque Vienna"
Sunday 4/17/2011 From 8.30AM	Field trip	Field trip to visit the ceramic collections at the New Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California Please note: This is an SFCC member and guest only event with member priority through 3/1/2011
Sunday 5/22/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Patricia Halfpenny, Author Ceramic Historian and Curatorial Advisor	Success to America: English Pottery for the Patriotic American Market
Saturday 6/25/2011	Thomas Rogers, Curator of Collections , Filoli, Woodside	SFCC MEMBERS ( and their guests ) ONLY EVENT. Summer Social and tour of the collection at Filoli
Thursday 7/21/2011	SFCC Members "Pot Night"	SFCC MEMBERS ( and their guests ) ONLY EVENT. Display and discussion of members' acquisitions
Sunday 8/21/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Melissa Bennie, Vice President, Christies, NYC	When Imitation is not the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Fakes and Forgeries
Sunday 9/18/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Jeffrey Ruda, SFCC member, collector and Rennaisance Art Historian, U.C. Davis, California	Japonisme in Ceramics, 1866-1904
Sunday 10/16/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Bernard Drageso,Antique Dealer and Art Historian. Paris, France	From Rouen soft-paste to Paris hard-paste, a chronological journey through French porcelain, from the late 17th century to 1800
10/27/2011 through 10/30/2011	The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, Festival Pavillion, Fort Mason,San Francisco
Sunday 12/4/2011 9.30-11.30AM	Harold Nelson, Curator, American Decorative Art, Huntington Museum and Gardens	Ceramics at the House that Sam Built
May 5 & 6, 2012	SFCC 40th anniversary Seminar John Mallet, Errol Manners, Anton Gabszewicz and Maurice Hillis	Stirring the Pots: 25 Years of Change in the Understanding of English Porcelain
2012 Program	Click link to view current status

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

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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 :

SFCC member recommended museums with ceramic collections : Spode Ceramics online exhibition

Links to other ceramic interest organizations

Patrician Antiques home page : Porcelain index : Pottery index