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Few of collectors societies have a good information like you. I am preparing a book specially made for stoneware specialists and collectors. I shall appreciate to find pictures of utilitary stoneware items. My book will put the focus on the same origin of stoneware occidental potery in USA and Europe. Indeed, there are German craftsmen potters from Rhein (Westerwald) who emigrate during XVIII century in Alsace (France), in United Kingdom and Massachusetts with the same technics (salt), same design (for example: birds) same colors (cobald blue) and same forms (for example: ovoïd-shaped). If you want (and I prefer) I can specify the sources below the picture. Don't miss the opportunity to have an international visibility in a book for stoneware expert readers in the world. Perhaps some of COIPS members will be interested by my proposition. It is win win. If you need informations about European utilitarian stoneware pottery, don’t hesitate to ask me. Many many thanks</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Michel Michiels (author).</B></div> <div> <B>19 avenue des Volontaires 1160 Brussels / Belgium Europe</B></div> <div> email:  michel.michiels@seedfactory.be</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Project</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Collective French-German-American edition </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Contents</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>There is specialized literature about traditional ceramics regions in placeEurope and the placecountry-regionUnited States. But there is as yet no book about Western pottery which offers a comprehensive picture of this tradition in both the Old and the placeNew World. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Iconography</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Books on ceramics and pottery are mostly very static. They show a range of photographs. These photographs, albeit of excellent quality, are only concerned with objective representation. This book breaks with this method and shows pottery as an object for lovers of beautiful interiors. It shows that ceramics, commonly associated with rustic interiors, can also fit in well with modern surroundings. It is also a decorative book, presenting ceramics collections to their full advantage.  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>History</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Western ceramics tradition disappeared in the 20th century. But it left behind many objects, whose aesthetic value we come to realize only now, even when they are only common household objects. This book treats the (household) pottery from its rise in the West, in the 16th century, to its decline in modern times. The 19th and 20th centuries are therefore treated extensively. The potters along the placeRhine spread out across placeStateAlsace, placecountry-regionBelgium and placecountry-regionEngland and from there to placeStateMassachusetts and eventually made their mark across the whole of the placecountry-regionUnited States and placecountry-regionCanada. They worked with the same forms (ovals), the same designs (birds), the same colours (cobalt blue) and the same techniques (salt glazed pottery).</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Reader </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Everybody has ceramics hidden in his cellar or attic, tying him to this lost tradition. Readers in placeNorth America and the many collectors and amateurs there will discover that the enormous 19th-century production in the placeNew World originated from the old placeEurope. The subject will therefore appeal to both European and American readers. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The ceramics regions treated in the book:</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Westerwald in placecountry-regionGermany </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Freschen in placecountry-regionGermany</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Sieburg in placecountry-regionGermany</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Bouffioulx in placecountry-regionBelgium </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>La Roche in placecountry-regionBelgium </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Raeren in placecountry-regionBelgium (formerly placecountry-regionGermany)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>placecountry-regionCanada </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>placeStateAlsace in placecountry-regionFrance</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Beauvaisis in placecountry-regionFrance (north of placeCityParis)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Puisaye in placecountry-regionFrance (placeStateBourgogne / placeLoire)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Berry in placecountry-regionFrance</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>placecountry-regionUnited Kingdom</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US placeStateIowa</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US placeStateIllinois</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US placeStateMassachusetts, placeStateVermont, placeNew England</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US placeStateMinnesota</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US placeStateNew York</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>US Virginia</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>           US placeStateWisconsin</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>**************************************************************************</B></I></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="39d22100.jpg" border=0 width="802" height="1040" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4aa2b7e0.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FOR SALE:</B>  White Hall Stoneware. I am selling everything. I have around a hundred pieces. Including the Dark Cobalt Blue Carnation Pitcher and the rare 1 of a kind Multi colored Grape Mug that are on the COIPS site under White Hall. Also have some Illini Pottery and a piece with the map sticker. Thanks, Jason Evans <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>jasonevansracing@hotmail.com</U></FONT> 217.243-5201 </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>FOR SALE: </B></FONT>The NEW edition of <I><U>"Traditional Stoneware of the Bluff City</U></I><I>" is now available.</I>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This amended 2nd Printing is greatly enhanced with the addition of comprehensive segments on: A Correspondence with Isaac Warnack descendant Sherron Logan; The Significance of the Belangee Surface Collections; and Merchant Advertising Vessels of Alton. Many sections are improved with added supporting discussions, documentation, and high resolution photography. Though publication is scheduled for release in 2006, a limited quantity is available for sale to COIPS members at $80 per copy with "color" plates, and $50 per copy in black & white. Printing is in high quality laser print. Shipping and Handling is $5 per book. Please make inquires at </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>coipsgm@netscape.net.</U></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >                                      </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <IMG SRC="331b6490.jpg" border=0 width="438" height="585" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> $100 color    /     $70 black&white</div> <div> <B>++++++++++++++</B></div> <div> <B>FOR SALE:</B>  Winston Painter, Prop of the W.A. Painter Pottery Works is now taking orders for custom stoneware for the Christmas season. With a variety of pieces to choose from including mini jugs, crocks, canisters, chick feeders, churns, mugs, etc, there are many choices of different stoneware pieces  to have your Christmas advertising or advertising for your business placed on.  Contact us at 913-642-5299.</div> <div>                                                                               jugdog@kc.rr.com                       </div> <div>                                                                      Thanks Much, Winston  Painter </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>++++++++++++++</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="263c82a0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>"</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>FROM IOWA CLAY: THE STONEWARE OF FORT DODGE."</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I> </I><I><B>by  G.W. Steffens</B></I></div> <div> <B>FOR SALE:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>  </I></FONT>Stoneware and pottery book with Price Guide 112 Pages. 16 pages color Rare & Unusual section. Includes Iowa section chapters on Fort Dodge Pottery, White's Pottery Works, Union Pottery Works, Hartwell & Bower, and Ft. Dodge Stoneware Company. Includes chapters and pics on the acquisition of the Ft. Dodge plant by Western Stoneware Company of Illinois and the history of the Red Wing Union Stoneware Company of Minnesota acquisition of the Plymouth Stoneware Company. Nearly 200 pics of salt glaze, advertising jugs & crock jars from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and South Dakota, advertising mini-jugs, churns, wall pockets, flower pots, and other various pottery pieces. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. $19.95</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I>available at convention 2006</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>SHOW SPECIAL  $16</I></div> <div> <I>____________________________________________</I></div> <div> <I>PLYMOUTH  ROCK  ANTIQUES</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://plymouthrock@adams.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://plymouthrock@adams.net"><U><I><IMG SRC="1139ba80.jpg" border=0 width="411" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <I> ______________________________________________ </I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://caa-archeology.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MS&Product_Code=V1N3COIPAP&Category_Code=TFFHROIPHIPCS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://caa-archeology.org/Merchant2/merc"><U><I><IMG SRC="1a4d72a0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B><U>Checklist of Illinois Potters and Potteries</U></B><U> </U></div> 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</U></A>have a deep respect for the value of this sentiment.  Through extensive research of our forefathers' folk pottery, we have come to appreciate the integrity of crafts made when our country was young.  These early pieces evoke images of hard-working people who carried out daily tasks with pride and dignity.  Even though function was the intent of most every item in a settler's home, folk craftsmen were dedicated to forming objects that were also rich in beauty.  This commitment to craftsmanship is our goal at Crocker and Springer.  Our stoneware is thrown and decorated by hand without the assistance of molds and stencils.  It is then stacked rim to rim and fired in a large salt kiln.  </div> <div>    We are enthusiastic about what we do -- our business is more than just work to us.  Our choice of primitive and labor intensive production methods ensures an early American reproduction of authenticity, strength, integrity and beauty.  We hope that you, too, appreciate the values that our work represents and that you will enjoy building a collection of truly authentic early American reproductions to display and use.   </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    Nationally recognized artisans, Jan and Jonathan Wright, hand craft an assortment of Early American Folk Pottery. Selected as one of Early American Homes magazine's "Top 200 American Craftsmen", 1991 - present. </div> <div>      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    PENNSYLVANIA PRESERVE CROCKS. These tall, distinguished variations on the standard preserve crock were most commonly made in the Pennsylvania area. The slender, elegant form of this type of crock was usually accented with simple, vertical brushstrokes.   </div> <div> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    CAKE POT.  Cake pots were used for both storage and baking. Breads, cookies, biscuits, and other baked goods were commonly kept fresh under their lids. Fruit cakes were baked in them, and then brandied and stored for long periods of time.  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    LOG CABIN BANK. Whimsical banks such as these were made for special occasions, and usually by custom order. Originally made with no hole in the bottom (thus the expression "break the bank"), we've modernized our banks by popular demand, through the addition of a hole and rubber stopper!  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    STRAIGHT CROCK.  Straight-sided crocks were made in great abundance by potteries in early America. These vessels were durable and served a variety of purposes, from canning and pickling to storage of dry goods. Their simple form allowed them to be stacked rim to rim in the kiln and fired in tall columns, making them a very practical and economical item to produce.  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    FACE JUG. Face jugs, also called "ugly jugs," were made most commonly in the southern United States by slaves. Believed to protect the maker, these jugs were sometimes used as grave markers, in order to protect the soul of the departed potter. Some potters made them simply for fun during off hours, in order to relieve the tedium of the daily routine. Face jugs, both old and new, have become quite collectible.  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN WIDE-MOUTH JAR. Jars such as this one were early versions of canning crocks. These jars stored a variety of foods, ranging from dry goods to salted or smoked meats. The jar's curved sides were indicative of an earlier period in history, when potters formed each pot individually on the wheel. During the later period, before crockery was replaced by glass, mass production techniques straightened the sides of the crock.  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    CHICKEN BANK. Whimsical banks such as these were made for special occasions, and usually by custom order. Originally made with no hole in the bottom (thus the expression "break the bank"), we've modernized our banks by popular demand, through the addition of a hole and rubber stopper! </div> <div>   </div> <div> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    CHICKEN JUG BANK.  Whimsical banks such as these were made for special occasions, and usually by custom order. Originally made with no hole in the bottom (thus the expression "break the bank"), we've modernized our banks by popular demand, through the addition of a hole and rubber stopper!  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    BUTTER CROCK.  Originally made in large sizes, butter crocks were used by dairy farmers for transporting quantities of butter to market. When properly prepared, butter could be stored in these crocks for many months.  </div> <div>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>    PIE BIRDS. Pie birds date back to Old England, and came to America with the early settlers. The hollow bird was placed into the top crust of a meat or fruit pie. This unique vent kept the contents of the pie from bubbling over and making a mess inside the oven. 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