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English ceramics. (Current and Coming).(Brief Article)
During what must have been a very active twenty-five years of retired life, Harold S. Keller collected some five thousand pieces of English and European porcelain that he bequeathed to the Brooklyn Museum of Art at his death in 1998. Keller was an attorney and a lifelong resident of Brooklyn. The museum received the collection in 1999, and Barry S. Harwood, curator of decorative arts at the museum, has recently installed approximately one hundred pieces in the American decorative arts galleries.
Given the size of the collection, on average Keller could have purchased two hundred pieces per year--an astonishing accomplishment. He concentrated on examples made during the heyday of the aesthetic movement m Britain between about 1870 and 1900. During these decades artists, designers, and craftsmen were swept up by the influence of Asia, particularly Japan, which had only opened up to trade with the West in 1854. Thereafter the flood of Japanese goods ...
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- Magazine article from: School Arts Holtrop, Emily November 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Art Business News April 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Porcelain Company Lladro Sculpts Luxury Image with Tampa, Fla., Store.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 14, 2001 700+ words
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- Meissen porcelain company reports small profit (Knapp in der Gewinnzone).
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire February 12, 2004 700+ words
(From Die Welt) Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, the prestigious German porcelain manufacturer, is reported to have seen turnover down by 4 per cent at 38.4m euros for 2003. The drop has been explained by the strong euro, weak consumer spending and the slump in tourism brought about by the
- British Gifts, Porcelain Company Royal Doulton Hurt by Lower Demand.
- News wire article from: Evening Standard (London) August 23, 2001 700+ words
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- Famed Antique Reproduction Porcelain Company, Mottahedeh, Expands from Dining...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 24, 1998 700+ words
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- New owner for Berlin porcelain company KPM (Berliner KPM bekommt neuen...
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 16, 2006 700+ words
(From Die Welt) The German media reports that troubled German porcelain manufacturer Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur (KPM) is to have a new owner. German businessman Jorg Woltmann, the owner of German bank Allgemeine Beamtenkasse, is set to become the sole owner of the company. KPM was privatised
- Sand Springs, Okla.-Based Porcelain Company to Add 120 Jobs.
- News wire article from: Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) October 4, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Brian Brus Oct. 4--Southwest Porcelain in Sand Springs will benefit from the state's Quality Jobs program to boost its growth by 120 jobs over the next three years, Vice President James Bigelow said Wednesday. "We're going through something of a growth spurt right now, Bigelow said. "This
- State to grant HUF 80m loan to porcelain company Hollohaz for.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire November 17, 2005 700+ words
(From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 17, 2005 (MTI-ECONEWS) - State-owned porcelain maker Hollohaz is to receive a HUF 80m loan from its owner, the State Privatisation and Holding Company (APV), mainly to finance layoffs, business weekly HVG reported in its latest issue. Hollohaz
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- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network August 29, 2005 700+ words
NEW YORK-Royal Crown Derby's new dinnerware pattern, Darley Abbey, was inspired by the Regency-era England captured by novelist Jane Austen, of whom the company's chief executive officer, Hugh Gibson, is a direct descendant. Other ties between Royal Crown Derby and the novelist include the
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