Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930 Reading Historical Artifacts

Name: Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930 Reading Historical Artifacts
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ISBN: 9781584654124

ISBN-10: 1584654120

ISBN-13: 9781584654124

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jane Perkins Claney

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Rockingham ware was an inexpensive brown-glazed ceramic that was ubiquitous in America from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century. Popular as an antique today, it is regularly sold at venues ranging from flea markets to antique shows. Despite its prevalence in American life for nearly a century and its continued presence as a collector's item, little has been written on this subject of vast interest to collectors, museum curators, historians, and archaeologists. Jane Perkins Claney has written the first and only full-scale study of Rockingham ware to consider not just its history as a manufactured object but also its role in domestic life. Both an artifact study and a case…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 7/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Plates, Figures, and Tables


Preface: Rockingham Ware in the United States


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Role of Context in Artifact Interpretation



Reading Historical Artifacts



Defining Rockingham Ware



The Americanization of Rockingham Ware



The Niche Market for Rockingham Ware



Rockingham Ware and Gender Identity



Rockingham Ware and Class



Rockingham Ware in Rural America


Conclusion



Archaeological Database


Notes


Bibliography


Index