Delftware at Historic Deerfield
Subtitle: 1600-1800
By: by Amanda E. Lange.
Contributors: Lange, Amanda E. 1965-
Publisher: Historic Deerfield
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Deerfield, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Historic Deerfield, inc. -- Catalogs.; Delftware -- Europe -- Catalogs.; Delftware -- Massachusetts -- Deerfield -- Catalogs.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "Amanda E. Lance places Historic Deerfield's extraordinary collection of delftware on view for the first time in this book made possible by the Ray J. and Anne K. Groves Publication Fund. A specialist in the fields of ceramics, silver, and glass, Ms.

Lange's meticulous research on tin-glazed earthenware - commonly called delft - will both engage and enlighten readers of this new publication which has been prepared to accompany a major exhibition on view at the western Massachusetts museum through November 2002. Delftwave at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800 is the first in a series of catalogues featuring the museum's nationally renowned decorative arts collections."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: a Foreword a Acknowledgments * Introductory Essays Collecting Delftware at Historic Deerfield The History and Manufacture of Delftware Delftware in the Connecticut River Valley Alcoholic Drinking Vessels Tea Drinking Wares and Salvers Dining Wares Decorative Plates and Dishes Flower Containers Apothecary Jars, Storage Vessels, and Toilet Wares Lighting Devices Tiles Fakes Selected Bibliography Index.