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Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic

Posted by Theo Albano on January 21, 2021, 8:33 am

Dear All,

I am a mudlarker on the river Thames. I recently found this fascinating small piece of transferware , which depicts (what I believe) to be an african family, we can see the mother holding a baby, with children around her. I wonder if this original piece was in relation to the abolition ceramics movement, mentioned here in this article. I wish I could have more context on this fragment...but sadly I just found this piece with a couple pieces without imagery around it. Does anyone have any insight into this?

https://antiquesjournal.com/index.php/2020/03/30/antislavery-ceramics/

Re: Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic

Posted by David / TCC web administrator on January 21, 2021, 4:26 pm, in reply to "Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic"

Theo, thanks for your interesting post. I forwarded your image to Ron Fuchs, author of the Antiques Journal article you have noted. He does not recognize the pattern on your shard, and feels it is a bit "jovial" in any case to be placed on a piece of abolition ceramics. This had been my thought also. When I have a chance I'll wade through the children's category patterns on our Database and see if I come up with anything useful for you. We thank you for your posting!

Re: Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic

Posted by Theo Albano on January 22, 2021, 6:02 am, in reply to "Re: Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic"

Thank you so much for your response, I am very curious to see what comes up!

best,
Theo

Re: Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic

Posted by Theo Albano on January 21, 2021, 8:33 am, in reply to "Interesting piece of what I think is abolition ceramic"

apologies, here is the link to the image of the piece

https://imgur.com/a/xyWsFSE

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