Why is a punch bowl like a pamphlet? Curator Amanda Isaac explores the persuasive powers of punch bowls as she investigates the origins and later travels of two important Chinese porcelain examples.
For ALL IHCC Members: Bayou Bend will have an open house ceramics tour on Friday, October 20, 2023. Ceramics Specialists will be stationed throughout the House from 1:30—3:15 P.M. This program is part of continuing education for Bayou Bend docents, but because the Museum is always open on Friday afternoons for self-guided tours (admission $12.50), members of the IHCC, who are not members of the BBDO, are ALSO welcome to attend this event for the cost of admission.
For IHCC members that are ALSO members of the BBDO, please wear your nametag and follow the instructions below.
Last Name A—K: House Tour 1:30—2:15 P.M.; Enter via Folk Art Porch
Last Name L—Z: House Tour 2:30—3:15 P.M.; Enter via Webster Porch
We look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 20th!
Ron Fuchs II, Co-editor of Ceramics in America will explore the global history of one of the earliest pieces of Chinese porcelain to reach the US- a blue and white dish broken and thrown away by June 1610 in Jamestown, Virginia.