Tag Archives: Chinese Export Porcelain

Making a Meal of it—Preparing for Winterthur’s Upcoming Dining Exhibition

Posted on January 30, 2018

Dining by Design: Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table, opening April 1, 2018, takes a fresh look at the history of dining and dinnerware from the 1600s through modern times and celebrates how hosts and hostesses have brought the natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Programs, Behind-the-Scenes, Ceramics, chinese export porcelain, collection, Decorative Arts, exhibition, Exhibitions, galleries, museum collection, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized | Tagged antiques, Chinese Export Porcelain, dining, dining by design, museum, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture | 1 Comment

Chinese Export Porcelain, Swedish Iron, and Beer: A Union of Late 18th-Century Global Connections

Posted on May 5, 2017

An extraordinary pair of Chinese export porcelain mugs recently donated to Winterthur and featured in our Collecting for the Future: Recent Additions to the Winterthur Collection exhibition opening May 6, has a fascinating private as well as global history. Likely … Continue reading →

Posted in antiques, Asian goods, Ceramics, China, chinese export porcelain, Decorative Arts, Eastern objects, exhibition, Exhibitions, galleries, museum collection, Prints, Photos & Drawings, Uncategorized | Tagged 18th century global trade, antiques, Chinese Export Porcelain, museum acquisitions, sweden, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library | Leave a comment

Historians as Detectives

Posted on April 21, 2017

One of the best examples of the difficulty involved in dating and verifying a genuine antique is represented by the Chinese export porcelain in the Intent section of the Treasures on Trial exhibition. These objects were not sold in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, art fraud, Ceramics, declaration of independence, Decorative Arts, House, museum collection, Treasures on trial, Uncategorized | Tagged antiques, ceramics, Chinese Export Porcelain, fake antiques, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library | Leave a comment

How I Became A Collector

Posted on October 29, 2014

Born into a family of collectors, I grew up in a home filled with art and antiques inherited from my mother’s family: Philadelphia Chippendale; Baltimore Federal furniture; and paintings by Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, and Childe Hassam. Our house reflected … Continue reading →

Posted in Events | Tagged 51st Annual Delaware Antiques Show, Armorial Porcelain, Baltimore Federal furniture, Bill Sargent, Bruce Perkins, Carl Crossman, Childe Hassam, China Trade Museum, Chinese Export Porcelain, Crosby Forbes, Davis Sanctuary Howard, Decorative Arts Trust, Delaware Antiques Show, Delaware Antiques Show Catalogue, Director James Whitehead, Flather Perkins, Forbes Maner, Goodstay Wilmington, Hammond Harlow, Jean-Paul Barbier, Jim Flather, John Haldane, Magazine Antiques, Maurice Prendergast, Nancy Flather, Pam Perkins, Pamela Copeland, Peter Mack Brown Antiques, Philadelphia Chippendale, Reeves Collection, Steiff, Tips for New Collectors, Washington & Lee University, Williamsburg, Winslow Homer, Winterthur | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Chinese Export Porcelain

Making a Meal of it—Preparing for Winterthur’s Upcoming Dining Exhibition

Chinese Export Porcelain, Swedish Iron, and Beer: A Union of Late 18th-Century Global Connections

Historians as Detectives

How I Became A Collector

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