Mint Museum Library
Ceramics Research Guide
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compiled by Natalie Goretti, Library Intern, 2024
Mint Museum Library
Mint Museum Randolph
2730 Randolph Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28207
library@mintmuseum.org
704-337-2023
For current library hours visit us at mintmuseum.org/library
Mint Museum Information:
At the Mint Museum, ceramic objects that are historic and created before 1930, belong in the Decorative Arts collection, which is made up of mostly ceramics. Ceramic objects that are created after 1930, are a part of the Craft and Design collection. This is a general rule to help guide research.
Examples of Ceramics in the Mint Museum Collection
Ceramics Online Resources
Arizona State University- Ceramics Research Center & Archive
A website for the resource center at ASU devoted to ceramics research. On the page extensive resources are listed and relevant contact information.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture collects and creates electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and web resources.
Europeana
A free online database for European arts and cultural resources.
The MET- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: American Decorative Arts
A website featuring a collection of decorative art objects, essays, and a timeline compiled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Penland School of Craft & Design- Jane Kessler Memorial Archives
A website for the Penland School of Craft & Design’s archive. Including a digital repository, and relevant contacts for more information.
Rhode Island School of Design- Fleet Library, Ceramics
A list of resources compiled by Rhode Island School of Design. Some are paywalled/require student status to access, others are free and available to all.
PBS Learning Media- Ceramics
A free multimedia database from PBS featuring resources on ceramics.
The items listed below and many others can be found in the Mint Museum Library’s collection by searching the catalog in MARCO.
Ceramics Periodicals
Mint Museum Publications
Carlano, Annie. Contemporary British studio ceramics, 2010. NK4085 .C64 2010
Carlano, Annie. Craft across continents: contemporary Japanese and Western objects: Lassiter/Ferraro Collection, 2023. NK1071 .C37 2023
Douglas, Mary F. Allan Chasanoff: ceramic collection, 2000. NK3712 .C43 A45 2000.
Gallagher, Brian D. British ceramics 1675-1825: The Mint Museum, 2015. NK4085 .M56 2015
Gallagher, Brian D. Classic Black: The basalt sculpture of Wedgwood and his contemporaries, 2020. NK4340 .B5 C59 2020
Gallagher, Brian D. Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek, 2023. NK4399 .A4 G35 2023
Stone, Barbara. North Carolina Pottery: the collection of the Mint Museums, 2004. NK4025 .N8 N67 2004
Exhibition Pamphlets published by The Mint Museum (available for in house use):
-
From the melting pot into the fire: contemporary ceramics in Israel, 2009.
-
Possibilities: rising stars of contemporary craft in North Carolina, 2008.
-
So proudly we hail: selected American ceramics from the Mint Museum of Art collection, 1991.
General Guides
Cameron, Elizabeth. Encyclopedia of pottery and porcelain, 1800-1960, 1986. NK3920 .C36 1986
Clark, Donald. Black American ceramic artists, 2022. NK4210 .B53 .B533 2022
Cooper, Emmanuel. 10,000 Years of Pottery, 2010. NK3780 .C663 2010
De Waal, Edmund. 20th century ceramics, 2003. NK3930 .D419 2003
Dietz, Ulysses G. Masterpieces of art pottery, 1880-1930, 2009. NK3930 .D54 2009
Fournier, Robert. Illustrated dictionary of pottery form, 1981. REF TT919.5 .F67
French, Neal. The potter’s directory of shape and form, 1998. NK4235 .F53 1998
Godden, Geoffrey A. An illustrated encyclopedia of British pottery and porcelain marks, 1966. REF NK4085 .G64
Kovel, Ralph M. Kovels’ American art potter: the collector’s guide to makers, marks, and factory histories, 1993. REF NK4005 .K68 1993
Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: a potter’s handbook, 1966. TP807 .N363 1966
Préaud, Tamara. Ceramics of the twentieth century, 1982. TP807 .P92
Rada, Pravoslav. Book of ceramics, 1960. TP807 .R253
Rada, Pravoslav. Ceramic techniques, 1989. TP807 .R24
Reilly, Robbin. Wedgwood: the new illustrated dictionary, 1995. REF NK4335 .R38 1995
Ritchie, Johnna M. Guide to North Carolina potters, 1996. REF NK4025 .N8 R58 1996
Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational ceramics: the art as social critic, 2008. NK4252 .S63 S39 2008
Sorkin, Jenni. Live form: women, ceramics, and community, 2016. NK4008 .S67 2016
Tourtillott, Suzanne J.E. 500 teapots: contemporary explorations of a timeless design, 2002. NK4695 .T43 A14 2002
Zakin, Richard. Ceramics: mastering the craft, 1990. TP807 .Z338 1990
By Geography
Asian Ceramics
English Ceramic Circle. Influences and inspirations: 400 years of Japanese porcelain, 2018. NK4567.5 .E54 2018
Eskenazi. Ancient Chinese bronze vessels gilt bronzes and early ceramics, 1973. NK7983 .K26
Gerritsen, Anne. The city of blue and white: Chinese porcelain and the early modern world, 2020. NK4566 .J525 G47 2020
Laufer, Berthold. The beginnings of porcelain in China, 1977. NK4565.2 .L38 1917a
Pierson, Stacy. Earth, fire and water: Chinese ceramic technology: a handbook for nonspecialists, 1996. NK4165 .P53 1996
Schiffer, Nancy. Imari, Satsuma, and other Japanese export ceramics, 2000. NK4167.6 .S35 2000
Zhiyan, Li. Chinese ceramics: from the paleolithic period through the Qing Dynasty, 2010. NK4165 .C47955 2010
British Ceramics
Buten, David. 18th-century Wedgwood: a guide for collectors & connoisseurs, 1980. NK4335 .B717
Edwards, Diana. Black basalt: Wedgwood and contemporary manufacturers, 1994. NK4340 .B6 E3 1994
Ferguson, Patricia F. Ceramics: 400 years of British collecting in 100 masterpieces, 2016. NK4085 .F46 2016
Holmes, George Sanford. Lenox china: The story of Walter Scott Lenox, 1924. TP800 .T7 H6 1924
Rice, Paul. British studio ceramics in the 20th century, 1989. NK4085 .R53 1989
Spours, Judy. Art deco tableware: British domestic ceramics, 1925-1939. NK4695 .T33 S66 1988
North Carolinian and American Ceramics
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. American art pottery: the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, 2018. NK4005 F74 2018
Clark, Garth. American ceramics, 1876-present, 1987. NK4007 .C56 1987
Hewitt, Mark. The potter’s eye: art and tradition in North Carolina pottery, 2005. NK4025 .N8 H49 2005
Hunt, Bill. 21st century ceramics in the United States and Canada, 2003. NK4003 .T84 2003
New Jersey State Museum. American porcelain tradition,1972. NK4405 .N53
Weidner, Ruth Irwin. American ceramics before 1930: a bibliography, 1982. REF Z7179 .W43 1982
Continental European Ceramics
B & Co. L’art de la porcelaine, 1957. NK4399 .L5 L2
Jonge, Caroline Henriette de. Delft ceramics, 1969. NK4295 .J6513 1970
Justice, Jean. Dictionary of marks and monograms of Delft pottery, 1930. NK4295 J93
Knowles, W. Pitcairn. Dutch pottery and porcelain, 1904. NK4107 .K7
McCormick, Heather Jane. Vasemania: neoclassical form and ornament in Europe: selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. NK9558 .M33 2004
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. English, German and other continental porcelain and pottery, 1978. NK4083 .S64 1978
African Ceramics
Berzock, Kathleen Bickford. For heart and altar: African ceramics from the Keith Achephol collection, 2005. NK4173 .B47 2005
Dawson, Douglas. Of the earth: ancient and historic African ceramics, 2000. NK4176 .75 .O3 2000
Douglas Dawson Gallery. African ceramics: ancient and historic earthenware vessels, 1993. NK4176.75 .A24 1993
Frederick, Warren. The art of African clay: ancient and historic African ceramics, 2003. NK4173 .A78 2003
