Osterreichischen Museum fur Angwandte Kunst
Vienna
The mother-lode for Du Paquier and later Vienna porcelain
Museum of Decorative Arts
Prague ; web
site
David Collection,
Kronprinsessegade, Copenhagen, K, 30DK-1306 ; web
site
A most important collection of decorative arts - silver, furniture,
ceramics ... closed until May 2009 for remodeling.
The National Museum of Denmark
Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen. : web
site
The modern (1660 - 2000 ) Danish history floor has period displays...
many with ceramics being used in context.
KUNST INDUSTRI MUSEET
Copenhagen K, Bredgade 68, 1260 ; website
Study collection of over 3000 European faience and porcelain objects
from over 120 manufactories. Also Asian ceramics
On
line catalog of ceramics contained in the study collection.
( Note: select "in English" at top of page. It is easiest
to use the advanced search and select the manufactory from the
pull down menu. )
Royal Danish Collections Rosenborg Castle and Amalienborg
Palace
web
site
At Rosenborg castle two small rooms of porcelain give an excellent
display of important ceramics in the collection of the Danish
Royal family. There are many pieces from the Flora Danica service
(Copenhagen porcelain and originally intended as a gift to Catherine
the Great of Russia) together with gifts of Meissen (including
red stoneware) and Sevres. The collection also has Chinese and
Japanese ceramics. Note: Rosenborg Palace has just received extensive
restoration and re-installation of the collections of furniture
paintings and decorative arts. There are outstanding collections
of ivories and silver and the royal jewels are on display.
Many regional museums close in fall-winter. Check for open
and closed days and times and free entry, often on Sunday. Museums
of porcelain and faience in France cover the history of ceramics
through the end of the 18th C. Includes Islamic, Hispano-Moresque,
Chinese, Italian maiolica, Delft, and Meissen. All centers of
French faience. Soft and hard paste porcelain represented, especially
Sevres porcelain and influences on their designs.
Faienceries HB et Henriot
Allee de Locmaria, QUIMPER:(Finisterre, Brittany) 98) 90
09 36. Cl. Sat, Sun, holidays.
Two floors of display of Quimper wares over 3 centuries.
Guimet Museum
6, place d'Iéna, 75116 Paris ; web
site
Collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelains.
LOUVRE MUSEUM. Note:
"Atlas" requires French
spelling of objects e.g. Porcelaine
Musée du Louvre, 75058 Paris Cedex 01, web
site
In addition to major painting and sculptures and objects of art,
houses European pottery and porcelain, antique and Islamic earthenware
collections, including lustreware and faience from Middle East,
Mediterranean and Egypt.
Musee des Arts Decoratifs
PARIS, 107, rue de Rivoli, Tel (1) 260 32 14. Closed Tuesday.
; web
site
General large collection of tapestries and furniture and all types
of decorative artifacts, including faience, porcelain, and soft
paste in the galleries dedicated to the reigns of Louis XIV through
Louis XVI . Paintings and sculptures appropriate to the periods.
MUSEE D'ORSAY. Note:
Search requires French spelling
of objects e.g. Porcelaine
Paris, Place de Bellechasse. web
site
Collections of 19th and 20th C arts and crafts associated with
Arts nouveau and Art Deco periods.
Musee National de Ceramique
Sevres, Place de la manufacture, 92310 SàVRES, (over
the bridge from Paris) ; web
site
Fabulous collection, now many pieces in storage.
Nissim de Camondo Museum
Paris,63 Rue de Monceau, 75008 ; web
site
Decorative Arts with ceramics in 18th C house setting.
Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de
Lyon
LYON:3032, Rue de la Charité, Lyon 2e, Tel: (7) 837
10 05. web site
Great collections of 15th-16th C faience and Italian Renaisance
maiolica. One of original centers of French faience in 17th C.
Closed Mondays. (May be closed for restoration now, not appearing
on the web for tourism.)
Musee Comtadin
CARPENTRAS (VAUCLUSE) 234, Blvd Albin-Durand. Closed on Weds.open
from April through September. Closed for lunch.
Second room has collection of Pharmacy pots, faiences de Moustiers
and Marseille..
Musee de la Faience.(Near La Poste)
MOUSTIERS STE-MARIE (Alpes de Haute Provence) Exposition of faiences
of Moustiers by manufactory (atelier) historical up to contemporary
works. Video on view. A must for all visistors to the village
who expect to make purchases.
Musee d'Art et Histoire de Provence
GRASSE: (Alpes Maritimes) 2, rue Mirabeau, Tel (93) 36 01
61. web
site
Rich historic and ethnographic collections of Provence including
extensive collection of faience, principally of Moustiers.
Musee Cantini
MARSEILLE:19, rue de Grignan, tel (91)54 77 75.
Collection of 500 pieces of faience from Marseille and general
region, including Moustiers, from 17th and 18th C.
Musee Bibliographique et Archeologique Paul- Arbaud
AIX EN PROVENCE (Bouches due Rhone) 2, rue de 4-Septembre,Tel.
(42)38 38 95 closed Sundays.
Museum in a large private home of 1730 with collections of writer
Paul Arbaud, especially good in all provencal faiences and also
local painters (other than Cezanne who has his own museum.)
Musee National Adrien-Dubouche
8bis, place Winston Churchill, 87000 Limoges web
site
Largest and most complete history and display after Sevres Museum.
Foreign examples of earthenware and porcelain from China, Middle
East, Italy, Spain, England, Germany and all French faience and
porcelain centers. Display of fabrication technique, including
hard and soft paste porcelains.
Musee Municipal
NEVERS( Nievre) 16, rue Saint-Genest, Tel: (86)57 37 86, cl.
Tues
Installed in an early 20th C. mansion, once part of an abbey.
Superb collection of Nevers faience and its development from the
Italian influence of Della Robbia.
Musee de la Ceramique Hotel d'Hocqueville
Musée de la Céramique, Rouen, 1 rue Faucon,
76000 Rouen. web
site
Collection of 750 pieces of faience from the 16th and 17th C in
the famous Rouen style and additional examples inspired by Rouen
in Moustiers, Sinceny, Nidervller, Marseille, Sceaux, Le Have,
Paris and Chantilly. Also Ceramics from Asia Minor, Rhodes, China
and Japan from the 17th and 18th C.
Germanische Nationalmuseum
Nürnberg (Nuremburg)
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum,
Munich
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg,14414 Potsdam,
Postfach 60 14 62Web
site
In the palace garden is the Belvedere museum which has an extraordinary
collection of Berlin porcelain from the Wegely and Gotzkowky periods.
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum,
Museumstraße 1, D-38100 Braunschweig : web
site
Extensive collections of Furstenberg porcelain, Italian maiolica
and some important early Meissen.
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Steintorplatz, 20099 Hamburg : web
site
Fabulous collection of German porcelain, newly re-installed; also,
the Hoffmeister Meissen plate collection is now installed there
and one third of the Blohm Collection of German and European figure
groups. Also has an excellent selection of German, Dutch and Northern
European tin glazed ceramics ( very little Italian )
Museum fur Angewandtekunst. Frankfurt
Schaumainkai 17, Frankfurt am Main : web
site
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk (Grassimuseum)
Leipzig
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
Matthäikirchplatz 1. 10785 Berlin : web
site
A fabulous collection; Right across the large plaza from the picture
museum.
Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Koln
Cologne
Reiss-Museum der Stadt
Mannheim
Residenz Museum,
Munich
Schloss Favorite, Rastatt
Schloss Favorite, Am Schloss Favorite 5, 76437 Rastatt-Förch
: web
site
Schloss Favorite bei Rastatt: an incredible repository of Meissen
porcelain in a glorious palace; all pieces acquired almost three-hundred
years ago when new !
Furstenberg Works Museum,
Meinbrexener Straße 2, 37699 Fürstenberg/Weser : web
site
The museum is devoted solely to Furstenberg pocelain. It has examples
of their products from 1750's through modern times including a
complete reconstruction of a roccoco table setting.
Focke Museum, Bremen,
Schwachhauser Heerstrasse 240, Bremen 28213 : web
site
Extensive collection mainly of German porcelain and Faience. Also
delft and some English creamware decorated with representations
of ships from Bremen. Ceramics are located in large cases in the
3 story reference block. Descriptions are available on computer
stations by inputting object numbers.
Kestner Museum, Hannover,
Museum August Kestner, Trammplatz 3, Stadtteil: Mitte, 30159
Hannover : web site
Nice collection of German porcelains housed in display cases in
the café area of the museum. Examples of Meissen, Furstenberg,
Frankenthal, Ludwigsburg etc. There is a very interesting collection
of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean pottery from 3000 BC to early
Christian times and also modern design ceramics..
Huelsmann Museum, Bielefeld, the Schneider collection
Museum Huelsmann. Ravensberger Park 3, D 33607, Bielefeld : web site
A small jewel of a museum, The top floor is mainly devoted to
ceramics with good examples of Meissen, Berlin, Nymphenburg, Furstenberg,
Ludwigsburg and Frankenthal. Also good selection of late 18th
and early 19th C presentation cups and saucers from various factories.
The museum also has an important collection of silver and scientific
instruments.
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster
Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster : web
site
Good collections of Meissen anf Furstenberg porcelains and other
manufactories. Museum also has furniture, paintings and other
objects
Kulturgeschichtliches Museum, Osnabrück
Lotter Str. 2, 49078 Osnabrück : web
site
Has many good examples of Furstenberg porcelain but no other ceramics
of note.
Schlossmuseum (Schloss Friedenstein),
Gotha
Incredible collection of Bottger stoneware, acquired when new;
also Gotha porcelain.
Schlossmuseum,
Arnstadt:
Highly important early Meissen.
Schloss Belvedere
Weimar
STAATLICHES KUNSTSAMMLUNG, PORZELLANSAMMLUNG,
Semperbau am Zwinger, Theaterplatz 1 , 01067 Dresden: web
site Porcelain collection web
site
Still the mother-lode for Meissen; the Meissen acquired by Augustus
the Strong and his son directly from their manufactory; also a
great collection of Japanese and Chinese porcelain.
Staatliches Museum, ( Schlossmuseum Schwerin )
Lennéstr.1 · 19053 Schwerin. : web
site
There are over 3500 ceramic objects in the collection with probably
over half on display in galleries on the top floor. Many were
acquired over the years by the Mecklenburgs and range from early
Meissen stonewares through most 18th C. German manufactories to
more modern pieces. There is a reasonable representation of pieces
from the less familiar Thuringian manufactories and some pieces
from other countries. Note: the Castle Museum is one of a complex
of Museums in the Schwerin vicinity.
Decorative Arts Museum
Budapest :
Best things may still be locked up
In Italy many cities have museums of Etruscan wares e.g. Volterra, Florence, Cortona, Rome (Villa Giulia). Cities which were ceramic centers often include maiolica in their national museums e.g. Gubbio, Montelupo, Siena,. Ravenna.,or in their Palazzi, displayed as period furnishings. Before buying at the local shops, especially antiques, it is wise to visit museums first.
The Duca di Martina Museum
Naples, Villa Floridiana, web
site
An incredible across-the-board collection of Asian and Continental
porcelain (no English).
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Nani, Mocenigo
Il Museo Correale di Terranova, web
site
Via Correale, 50 - 80067 Sorrento (NA)
Wonderful collection of ceramics on the third floor. Italian Capodimonte,
Doccia and Naples: German Meissen Frankenthal, Furstenberg etc
and some Vienna and Swiss ceramics.
Museo Archeologico
Montelupo
Includes antique shards and artifacts plus examples of maiolica
from local workshops which were sold as Florentine.
Museo di Arti Decorative,
Turin
Museo Civico d'Arte Antica di Torino
Turin
Museo di Doccia. web
site
Florence, Sesto Fiorentino,
Superb collection of Doccia ( Ginori ) porcelain from the factory
founding through modern times. One room is devoted to the 20th
C. work of Gio Ponti for the factory
Museo del Bargello
Florence, Palazzo del Podesta, Via del Proconsolo 4, Florence.
Cl.Mon.
Amidst all the fine sculptures are two rooms of jewelry and majolica,
the major display of Northern Italian earthenware in Florence.
Museo Civico
Bassano del Grappa
Museo Nazionale Atestino
Este
Museo Stibbert
Florence, via Frederick Stibbert 26 , 50134 Firenze : web
site
Varied collection of Italian, Meissen, English French and Chinese
export porcelains. The Museum has three of the large early Doccia
mythological figure groups that alone make a visit a "must
do" in Florence. The Museum has some outstanding Victorian
tiling in the interior and houses an excellent collection of arms
and armour.
Museo Teatrale dell Scala
Milano, Castello Sforzesco
Museo di Capodimonte
Napoli
Museo delle Ceramiche
Faenza, Viale Baccarini Tel: (0546) 21240, Cl. Mon.
First floor history of ceramics in Faenza and works from other
Italian centers, including Venice Urbino, Gubbio, Caffaggiolo,
etc. Both earthenware and porcelain (Ginori, Capo di Monte). Includes
Eastern, African and American ceramics. Also later works up through
20th C,
Museo Filangieri
Napoli
Musei Capitolini
Roma
Museo Civico Correr
Venice, 'Ca Rezzenico
Societa Ceramica Italiana
Milano, Sede Centrale, Via Goldoni 10, Italia 20129
Villa Caquola
Varese, La Gazzada
The Groninger Museum
Groningen, The Netherlands
Museum Princessehof
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Hobbemastraat 20, 1071 ZC Netherlands : web
site
Extensive collection of Dutch, Meissen, Asian and other ceramics
- now closed for extensive remodelling. Reopening 2010.
Museum Czartoryskich
Krakow
Museum Narodowe w Warszawie
Warsaw
Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie
Warsaw
The State Hermitage Museum, web
site
Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34, 190000 St Petersburg, Russia
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sdra Blasieholmshamnen, 11148, Sweden : web
site
Good collection
Limited on line catalog... helps if you understand Swedish
Musée Ariana
Musée suisse de la c©ramique et du verre
Geneve, Avenue de la Paix 10, 1202 Switzerland : web
site
Extensive collection of Swiss and European ceramics.
Haus zum Kirschgarten (Basel History Museum)
Basel, Elisabethenstrasse 27-29, Switzerland : web
site
the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Foundations porcelain collection.
Swiss National Museum
Zurich, Museumstrasse 2, 8021, Switzerland : web
site
Fayence stoves, tiles and wares.
Zunfthaus zur Meisen
Zurich, Münsterhof 20, 8001, Switzerland : web
site
Largest collection of Zurich porcelain.
Porcelain and Faience Exhibition.
Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Salisbury, 65 The Close, SP1, UK: web
site
Collection of English pottery and porcelain (including a plate
from the Wedgwood Frog service ). Limited highlights in web catalog
BRIGHTON MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Brighton, 4-5 Pavilion Buildings, , BN1 1EE, UK : web site
Has the fascinating Willett Collection of Popular Pottery formed
in the late Victorian era. Complete web catalog.
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol, Queen's Road, , BS8 1RL : web
site
MUSEUM OF LONDON
London, London Wall, EC2Y 5HN, England : web
site
Extensive ceramics collection from neolithic to modern times.
Strong on London porcelain manufactories.. Full web catalog.
The British Museum
London, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG : web
site
Extensive collection of important ceramic objects from all cultures
and all periods: Antique, Middle Eastern, Islamic, Asian, European
and English. ( Besides the objects on display there are more in
storage - seen by appointment only). A few highlights on the web
Clandon Park:
Guildford, Surrey,West Clandon, GU4 7RQ, England : web
site
Large collection of 18th C. English, German and French ( Sevres
) porcelain. Strong on figure groups ( many Meissen Commedia dell
Arte groups ) Some in cabinets that allow relatively close inspection
of details.
Fenton House:
London, Windmill Hill, Hampstead, NW3 6RT. England : web
site
Moderate size collection of 18th C. English porcelain ( strong
on Bristol and Plymouth ).
The Wallace Collection
London, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN: web site
Very fine collection of 18th C Sevres porcelain ( also French
Art and Decorative Art. Large collection of arms and armour )
Victoria and Albert Museum
London Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL : web
site
Superb collection of ceramics from all cultures and periods. Ceramics
in period galleries are on view, The porcelain gallery is closed
and will reopen in 2009.
The Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
London, England
Superb collection of Chinese ceramics. Now closed and the collection
transferred to storage in the British Museum ... future currently
unknown.
Waddesdon Manor ( The Rothschild Collection )
Waddesdon, near Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH : web
site
Fine Sevres and Meissen ( together with other decorative Art and
paintings ) Some ceramics are well displayed but may objects are
in room settings where it is impossible to get close enough to
study them.
THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB : web
site
Extensive collection: All ages and sources: pottery and porcelain.
On line catalog: Requires ID and password
Cecil Higgins Museum and Art Gallery
Bedford, Castle lane,
Closed until 2009 for major renovation : web
site
Good sampling of collection in on line catalog of the English
and continental ceramic collection.
Norwich Castle Museum
Norwich, Norfolk, Castle Meadow, NR1 3JU : web
site
Excellent collection of Lowestoft porcelain and the Twinings teapot
collection,
The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust
Includes: Coalport China Museum and Jackfield Tile
Museum
Telford, Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, UK, TF8 7DQ : web
site
National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china in the old
Coalport China works.
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Wirral, Port Sunlight Village, UK, CH62 5EQ : web
site
Outstanding collections of Wedgwood and Chinese porcelain.
The Wedgwood Museum Trust Limited
Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, ST12 9ES : web
site
Currently closed for construction reopen early 2008?
Great collection: Wedgwood products and history from the beginning.
Also has demonstrations of ceramic manufacturing.
The Worcester Porcelain Museum
Worcester, Severn Street ,UK, WR1 2NE : web
site
More than 10,000 pieces of Worcester porcelain from all periods.
Web catalog under construction.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Stoke-on-Trent, Glebe Street ST4 1RN, UK. : web
site
The Holy Grail for English pottery ( > 5000 objects ... many
in reserves ) also has ex-Minton Museum pieces. Web catalog with
historic photos and documents, extensive modern art pottery collection
and some 18th and19th C objects.
Upton House & Gardens:
near Banbury, Warwickshire OX15 6HT, England : web
site
Large collection of 18th C. English and French ( Sevres ) porcelain.
Some in cabinets that allow relatively close veiwing of painting
details.
Shugborough Hall
Milford, Near Stafford, ST17 0XB. web
site
Highlight of the collection is the Admiral Anson Chinese Export
dinner service ( over 200 pieces ). The collection also contains
a good sampling of Meissen tea and dinner wares from the period
from 1750 - 1800.
Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Museum
194 Osmaston Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8JZ. web
site
Large and extensive collection of Derby porcelain figures and
wares from the start of the manufactory to modern times.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
The Strand, Derby DE1 1BS. web
site
Good collection of early Derby porcelain figures and wares also
other Derbyshire ceramics.
Ashmolean Museum,
Oxford, UK Beaumont Street, , OX1 2PH : web
site
Great collection: Ancient, Asian, English and European: Pottery
and Porcelain.
Good sampling of collection in web catalog www.potweb.ashmolean.org
National Museum Cardiff
Cardiff, Cathays Park, CF10 3NP : web
site
De Winton collection of European ceramics and the Nance collection
of Welsh ceramics.
The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Swansea, Alexandra Road, UK , SA1 5DZ : web
site
Interesting collection of Welsh (particularly Swansea ) and continental
ceramics,
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Sunderland, Burdon Road, SR1 1PP. : web
site
Collection of glass and pottery made on Wearside ( Sunderland
lustre wares ),
Temple Newsam House
Leeds, Temple Newsam Road, off Selby Road, UK LS15 0AE : web site
Collection of Leeds pottery and English porcelains.
Wallington
Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 4AR England : web
site
Large collection of 18th & 19thC. English porcelain and pottery
also Chinese ceramics from Ming period.
The Bowes Museum
Durham, Barnard Castle, County DL12 8NP : web
site
Bowes, Goldblatt and Lady Ludlow collections of English and Continental
ceramics. An excellent place to see a very large range of porcelain
from many factories. The Goldblatt collection has pieces from
most major Continental factories and Gold Anchor period Chelsea
is particularly well represented.
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, William Brown Street, UK, L3 8EL : web
site
Liverpool pottery and Porcelain and other types also.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Cumbria, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP : web
site
Fine collection of over 800 pieces of 18th and 19th C English
porcelain (
details ) donated by Robert Hardy Williamson, Limited sampling
of the collection on a web catalog
George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art,
Toronto, 111 Queens Park, ON, Canada M5S 2C7 : web
site
Superb extensive collection - English, Continental, Asian, Meso
American & contemporary.
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, 100 Queen,Äôs Park, Ontario, Canada :
web site
Comprehensive ceramic collection.
Strawbery Banke
Portsmouth, NH 14 Hancock Street. : web
site
Some ceramics including the Hawes collection.
BENNINGTON MUSEUM
Bennington, Vermont, 75 Main St.. : web
site
Largest collection of Bennington pottery, ( www.benningtonmuseum.org/pottery_gallery.aspx
)
The Flynt Center
Deerfield, MA, Historic Deerfield, Old Main Street. : web
site
English pottery and some Chinese export.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
Boston, MA, 465 Huntington Avenue 02115-5523 . : web
site
Superb extensive collection; English, Continental ( including
Pflueger bequest) & Asian, Web catalog in progress ( go to
collections>advanced search and type ceramics )
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA, East India Square, 161 Essex Street. : web
site
Largest collection of Chinese Export in the World. Also the Copeland
collection of Chinese and Japanese figures.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, Ma, 225 South Street. : web
site
Some interesting ceramics among their decorative arts collection.
Worth a visit if you are in the area (or interested in silver
and paintings).
Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
Providence, RI, 224 Benefit Street. : web
site
Lucy Truman Aldrich collection of 18th C porcelain figures also
some Chinese Export.
The Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT 600 Main Street, : web
site
J. Pierpoint Mogan Collection & others: Majolica, Meissen
Sevres, Chinese export etc.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, 10028-0198:
: web site
One of the worlds great ceramic collections, including Asian,;
much on show and much remains in storage. Limited and difficult
web catalog accessed through "collections".
Everson Museum of Art
Syracuse, NY, 401 Harrison Street. : web
site
One of the largest holdings of modern American ceramics in the
nation.
The Newark Museum
Newark, NJ, 49 Washington Street. : web
site
Art pottery and studio pottery collections, one of the most comprehensive
collections of 20th-Century ceramics and New Jersey ceramics.
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate,
Winterthur, Delaware, Route 52 (5105 Kennett Pike) : web
site
English, Chinese, French, and American ceramics (also on the house
tours)
Has a ceramics conference annually.
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, MD, 600 N Charles St. : web
site
Fine collection of English and French porcelain
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, NC, 2730 Randolph Road 28207 . : web
site
Delholm Collection of English and Continental ceramics.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA. : web
site
Good general collection, English, continental ( more dutch than
usual ), Isnik, Asian etc, 180 objects on line.
The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Williamsburg, VA, 325 West Francis Street. : web
site
Ticket required
general information www.colonialwilliamsburg.com
The Reeves Center & Watson Pavilion
Lexington, VA , Washington & Lee University
Web site under construction. See www.wlu.edu/x52.xml
Good collection of Chinese export.
Hillwood Museum and Gardens
Washington, D.C, 4155 Linnean Avenue NW. : web
site
Strong on Czarist Russian Ceramics.
Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham, AL, 2000 Eighth Ave. N. : web
site
Good collection of English porcelain and the Beeson Collection
of Wedgwood.
Cummer Gallery of Art
Jacksonville, Fl, 829 Riverside Avenue, 32204. : web
site
The Ralph Wark collection of Meissen. Extremely limited on line
catalog
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, TN, 4339 Park Avenue, 38117. : web
site
Warda Stevens Stout Collection ( 600+ pcs ) of 18th century German
porcelain.
The Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX, 1001 Bissonnet Street. : web
site
Considerable diverse collection spread over 3 locations
The Museum of Fine Arts , Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Houston, TX, 1 Westcott Street
English pottery and Tucker porcelain
The Museum of Fine Arts , Rienzi
Houston, TX , 1406 Kirby Drive
English and continental porcelain.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois,111 South Michigan Avenue. : web
site
Excellent collection of English, French, and German ceramics.
Some superb duPaquier pieces.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN, 4000 Michigan Road. : web
site
English porcelain of the 18th century, including Wedgwood, Worcester,
Chelsea and Derby, including a rare Wedgwood Portland Vase. European
porcelain, including Sevres, Meissen, Nymphenburg and Vienna.
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI 5200 Woodward Avenue. : web
site
Good collection of European ceramics including some spectacular
Medici porcelain. Web site does not represent the museum well.
CHIPSTONE FOUNDATION
On line Chipstone collection. Remarkable collection
of Brisih and American pottery. Excellent on-line catalog web site
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO, 4525 Oak Street. : web
site
European pottery and porcelain including the Burnap Collection
of English Pottery.
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, Ohio, 953 Eden Park Drive. : web
site
Selection of Ceramics, Rookwood and Cincinnati Pottery Club pieces.
A few items in their on line decorative arts catalog.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cleveland, Ohio. web
site
Collections currently closed... ( see web site for details ).
ASU Art Museum
Tempe, Az, Main Campus of Arizona State University. : web site
Contemporary American and European ceramics ... half of the museum's
collection of 3,500 ceramic pieces always on view.
The Getty
Los Angeles, Ca, 1200 Getty Center Drive : web
site
Moderate sized collection of superb early ceramics... Mainly Meissenand
Sevres and some Italian.
Also Antique Greek ceramics at the Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast
Highway,Pacific Palisades, California
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Garden,
San Marino, CA, 1151 Oxford Road, 91108. : web
site
Sevres, Chelsea ( very strong on vases ) and other ceramics
Some galleries under restoration .... check before visiting
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
Los Angeles, CA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., : web
site
English, European, American , Arts and Crafts,Tea cups etc dispersed
among several galleries. Complete web catalog.
LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART
Long Beach, CA, 2300 East Ocean Boulevard. : web
site
Delft, Staffordshire, Arts and Crafts and 20th century ceramics.
Complete web catalog.
PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
Pasadena California , 46 North Los Robles Avenue. :
web site
Asian Ceramics. Large on line catalog.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA. : web
site
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS
: web site
Palace of the Legion of Honor
San Francisco, CA, Legion of Honor Dr., end of 34th Avenue,
Lincoln Park,
English and Continental Porcelain. Complete web catalog
The deYoung Museum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Small collection of American Ceramics
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA, 100 University St, 98101. : web
site
Isaacson collection of Englsh, Asian and European porcelain (now
spectacularly displayed.
Forbidden City Museum,
Beijing, China
National History Museum
Beijing, China
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai, China
Idemitsu Art Gallery
Tokyo, Japan
Kobe City Museum
Kobe, Japan
Kurita Museum
Ashikaga, Japan
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo, Japan
National Palace Taipei Museum
Taipei, Taiwan . : web
site