New discoveries in neuroscience have enabled earlier concepts regarding collecting and collectors to be turned upside down. This body of knowledge is the basis of Dr. Mueller’s lecture.

This lecture will explore the types of Rhenish stoneware in early America and their modes of import.

A spirited romp through tabletop history from circa 1780 to 1820.

Explore the changing styles of Newcomb Pottery from 1896-1939, examining what clues the objects themselves reveal.

Join curator Bradley Brooks to explore and discuss ceramic acquisitions for the Bayou Bend Collection, from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth, and from stoneware to porcelain, from identified needs to unexpected opportunities. This look at recent acquisitions will highlight the tremendous historical and aesthetic range of Bayou Bend’s ceramics collection.

Impact Asia – the Far and Middle East – has had on world ceramics

British transferware and popular decorative patterns for American consumers in the New American Nation.

Dutch delftware from the 1600s to early 1800s.

Contemporary Ceramics in the MFAH.