Annual General Meeting
The Annual General meeting will start at 2pm, and this will be followed by a lecture by Professor Timothy Wilson, the president of the Oxford Ceramics Group.
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Study Day – Named Sculptors and Ceramics
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, United KingdomSugar ornaments were used on fashionable dining tables all over Europe at the beginning of the 18th century. With the discovery of porcelain at Meissen in 1710, more permanent figures could be made. Meissen developed this to a fine art with two skilled modellers Johann Jakob Kirchner and Johann Joachim Kandler. The use of […]
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Visit to Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, OxfordThe President of Magdalen College has very generously given permission for the OCG to visit the President’s Lodging in order to see the Brocklebank collection of Anatolian. Middle Eastern and Persian Ceramics that are displayed in the President’s Dining Room. This is a great privilege as the President’s Lodging are not normally open to the […]
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Visit to Norwich
Norwich , United KingdomThe historic city of Norwich traces its beginnings from the Iceni and Boadicea, via the Vikings, the Normans and the flourishing Middle Ages to the present day. This wealth of history makes it a fascinating and interesting place to visit. Although the emphasis of our visit will be on ceramics, there is much more to […]
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Private Visit to Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon ManorWaddesdon's curator of decorative arts, Dr. Mia Jackson, is offering our members the privileged opportunity to visit the Manor at a time when it is not open to the general public. It will be possible under guidance to view much of the rich array of decorative and fine arts which form this renowned collection of […]
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Private Visit to the Russell-Cotes Museum
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum East Cliff Promenade, Bournemouth, United KingdomOur members have been offered the opportunity to have a private guided tour of the Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery in Bournemouth on a day when it is not open to the general public. Dr Anne Anderson will be our guide. Following the tour, there will be a study handling session, giving us an opportunity […]
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An Introduction to British Studio Pottery
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, United Kingdom“There’s such a keen, passionate renaissance of people making pots just now. It’s a glorious, fabulous moment.” - Edmund de Waal The study morning explores studio pottery, with particular emphasis on the V&A’s collection, which was started in 1917 with a piece of studio pottery made by Reginald Wells. Oliver produced the first Studio pottery […]
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Annual General Meeting and Talk
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, United KingdomThe Eighteenth Annual General Meeting will be held at the Ashmolean Museum, in the Headley Lecture Theatre starting at 2pm. This will be followed by a talk from Matthew Winterbottom on the McFarlane Collection of Delftware which has recently been given to the Ashmolean Museum.
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Visit to the Discover Bucks Museum
Discover Bucks Museum Tring Road, Wendover, United KingdomOur members have been offered the opportunity to view one of the finest collections of 20thcentury studio ceramics in the country. The Discover Bucks Museum in Halton, has over 350 items, including pots by Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and Ruth Duckworth plus many others which form an imposing and memorable collection. They also […]
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Study Day – ‘The Dining Table’
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, United KingdomThe day will look at how changing dining habits and new ways of preparing food led to the introduction of dinner services and other ceramic forms designed specifically for serving food. We are fortunate to have three acclaimed experts to talk to us about the history of dining, and dinner services. Ivan Day, food historian […]
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Vist to Rousham House, Bicester
Rousham House Roucham, Bicester, United KingdomWe have been offered an exclusive opportunity to visit Rousham House and gardens, which is about fifteen miles from Oxford. Rousham is one of the few houses that has been in the ownership of the same family since it was built, in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer. We will be given a guided tour of […]
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Visit to Shropshire
We have organised a three day visit to Shropshire giving members an opportunity to visit a number of different collections. On the afternoon of Tuesday 26th September, we will be given a private tour of Weston Park with the curator. Weston Park is home to a world class collection of fine and decorative arts, and […]
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