Bulletin ECTC

Belgium

Article VEECKMAN, Johan and DUMORTIER, Claire - 'De voorwerpen in majolica uit een afvalput in het Steen te Antwerpen' (The majolica objects found in a cesspit in the ‘Steen’ in Antwerp), in: Johan VEECKMAN (ed.), BRABOM. Berichten en Rapporten over het Antwerps Bodemonderzoek en Monumentenzorg, 3, Antwerpen, 1999, p. 135-192 (Dutch text with French summary). ISBN 90-802915-3-6. Order: Stad Antwerpen, Ontwikkelingsbedrijf, Archeologie, Godefriduskaai 36, B-2000 Antwerpen. Tel/Fax +32 3 232 92 08. 600 BEF + 100 BEF for postage and packaging.

Conference proceedings The proceedings of the conference "Majolica and Glass: from Italy to Antwerp and beyond - The transfer of technology in the 16th - early 17th century" held in Antwerp, June 3 - 5, 1999 will be published in the course of the year 2000. Copies can already be ordered from : Stad Antwerpen, Ontwikkelingsbedrijf, Archeologie. Address: see above.

Article BAECK, Mario - 'Georges De Geetere (1859-1929), keramist en ontwerper van tegelpanelen bij Boch Frères, La Louvière' (Georges De Geetere, ceramist and designer of tile panels at Boch Frères in La Louvière), in: Hallensia, Bulletin van de Koninklijke Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van Halle, jg. 20, nr. 3-4, juli-december 1998, p. 51-59. Dutch text. One col. ill. in jg. 21, nr. 1, januari-maart 1999, p. 26. 300 BEF + 300 BEF. Order from R. Clement, Williamekaai 15, 1500 Halle.

England

Conference proceedings GAIMSTER, David (ed.) - Maiolica in the North. The Archaeology of Tin-Glazed Earthenware in North-West Europe c. 1500-1600. British Museum Occasional Paper n°122, June 1999, 194 pages, 17 col. plates, over 90 b/w ill. and over 100 line-drawings. £25.00 + p&p. ISBN 0-86159-122-4. These proceedings of the first international conference on the subject, held in 1997 at the British Museum, discusses the latest archaeological discoveries, documentary research and scientific analysis, charting the arrival of the first Italian maiolicas and the earliest attempts at indigenous production on both sides of the Channel. Of particular interest are the results of the British Museum programme of neutron activation analysis (NAA). Order from: British Museum Press, 46 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QQ. Tel. +44 171 323 1234. Fax 436 7315.

Newsletter Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), nbr. 46 and 47 : events and news from the Society. For enquiries about membership : TACS, Prof. William Prescott, 38 Church Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1BD.

Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, nbr. 38, Spring 1999, 12p. Articles on: The ‘Matthew’ tile panels decorated by Rosie Smith - Interviews with prominent British tile manufacturers - The International Tile Company - Delftware tiles in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea - Tiles from Rotterdam in John Knox House, Edinburgh - Tiles in Australian cottages - An interview with Joseph Taylor, President of the Tile Heritage Foundation in the US and a summary of Hans van Lemmen & Chris Blanchett’s new book on Twentieth century tiles. TACS address: see above.

Tile Sale Bring, buy, sell or swap tiles on Saturday 2nd October 1999, 1.00-4.30 pm at Arnot Hill House, Arnot Hill Park, Nottingham. After the Sale, enrolled TACS members are welcome to view the tile collection of Michael Blood - about 2000 tiles. An organisation of TACS ; details and enrolment from Michael Blood, Nottingham +44 115 960 8502.

Book list List of Tile Books 1999/2000 - Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel/Fax +44 1903 717 648.

Book VAN LEMMEN, Hans and BLANCHETT, Chris - 20th Century Tiles, Shire Publications, is available now. 40pp, 52 col & 38 b/w ill., £ 3,95. The first publication to specifically cover 20th c. tiles in Britain. Order from: Buckland Books.

Book RHODES, Daniel - Clay and glazes for the potter, 2nd revised ed., 1973, reprinted 1996, 331pp, 108b/w & 16 col. ill. A resource book for craft tile makers seeking formulae and information on clays and glazes. Order from Buckland Books.

Book HILDYARD, Robin - European Ceramics, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1999, 144pp, 170 col. & 30 b/w ill. £ 25.00. Includes one double-page spread devoted to tiles, also are on Piccolpasso. Tiles are mentioned at a number of other points in the text. Order from V&A Enterprises, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Tel. +44 171 942 2689 (note new number) .

Museum The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust intends the full restoration of all surviving buildings of the Jackfield Tile Museum, Shropshire TF8 7AW. The Museum occupies the remains of the Craven Dunnill Encaustic & Decorative tileworks built between 1871 and 1874. The remains are almost complete except the four bottle kilns which were demolished years ago. If the Ironbridge Museum is successful in securing the money, the long-term preservation of this unique site will be assured.

France

Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 22 & 23, March & June 99, 6pp & 4pp. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events, publications in France and abroad.

Restoration Musée Paul Charnoz. Carrelage céramique de Paray-le-Monial, 32 avenue de la Gare, 71600 Paray-le-Monial (Saône-et-Loire). Restoration of the ‘rosace’, a major work of Paul Charnoz that was shown at the International exhibition of Paris in 1900. This pavement of 12,5 meter diameter, consisting of stoneware tiles 17,5 x 17,5 cm with inlaid coloured design, will be revealed to the public at its centenary in 2000. Further information from the Museum.

Exhibition "L’Art de la Terre Vernissée, du Moyen-Age à l’an 2000", October 2, 1999 until January 10, 2000, in: Museé National de Céramique, Place de la Manufacture, 92310 Sèvres. Exhibition catalog available.

Germany

Study JOLIET, Wilhelm - Rotterdammer Wandfliesen in der Pagodenburg im Schlosspark von Nymphenburg zu München. Königswinter 1999, 40pp, fully illustrated b&w, German text. Order from W. Joliet, Kelvinstrasse 2, D-53639 Königswinter.A short history of Pagodenburg and a description of the tile decoration in the tea-room, the bay window and the staircase.

Exhibition "Biblische Geschichten in Delfter Blau, Niederländische Bibelfliesen von 1650 bis 1850", September 19 until October 30, 1999, in: Marienkirche, Osnabrück.

Catalogue TIEDEMANN, Klaus - catalogue for the above mentioned exhibition in Osnabrück, German text, 48pp, 34 col. ill. DM 10,- + postage DM 3,-. Order from Mr. Voß, Kirchengemeinde Sankt Marien, Marienstr. 13/14, 49074 Osnabrück.

Museum Ofen- und Keramikmuseum under the roof of the factory A. Schmidt, Lehmann & Co. GmbH, Wilhelmstraße 32, 16727 Velten. Tel. +48/3304/31760, Fax /505887. Please make prior arrangement by telephone.
Stoves, 18-20th century. Glazed tiles, 16-20th century. An exhibition on 18-20th century tiles is planned for November 1999.

Italy

Book Storia della ceramica di Montelupo, Volume terzo: Ceramiche da farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati, plastiche, manufatti minori e terrecotte, planned November 1999, 400pp. Order at: Aedo s.r.l., Via A. Gramsci 12, 50056, Montelupo Fiorentino (Fi), tel. +39 571 51060, fax -51506. The work is the result of twenty four years of archeological, archive and historical research conducted and co-ordinated by Dr. Fausto Berti, director of the Museo Archeologico e della Ceramica di Montelupo.

The Netherlands

Exhibitions 1) "The collection Dingeman Korf": until Spring 2000, 2) "Bloemen in een Monument" (Flowers in a monument), flower and bird tiles after prints of Collaert and de Bruyn: September 11 - November 1, 1999, 3) "Oosterse invloed op Europese tegels" (Oriental influences on European tiles): September 25, 1999 - January 10, 2000, in: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo. Tel. +31 318 591519, Fax 592000.

Annual meeting The Stichting Vrienden van het Nederlands Tegelmuseum (Association of Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum) has its annual meeting on Saturday 25 September 1999 at 10.00 am, in restaurant "De Waldhoorn", Dorpstraat 2, Otterlo. Lectures in Dutch by Drs. Dineke Huizenga (Ceramics and tiles in the Middle-East and Central-Asia), Dr. Hans Theunissen (Ottomanian tiles and ceramics and European imitations ‘alla turca’) and F. Mayenburg (A collector tells about his own tile collection). After the lectures, a visit is planned of the above mentioned exhibitions in Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum.

Annual Stichting Vrienden van het Nederlands Tegelmuseum: TEGEL 27, September 1999, 68 pages, Dutch + English summary. 1) 'Arabesques from Herkenrode' (Piet Swimberghe), 2) 'Tiles from The Vyne Chapel' (Chris Blanchett), 3) 'Beautiful caps' (Lida Brouwer-Brand), 4) 'Cocks and parrots on flower vase tiles' (Wilhelm Joliet), 5) 'Bible tiles in Jakarta' (Hans Bonke), 6) 'Corner carnations ornament' (Hans-Jürgen Heger, Jan Pluis), 7) 'Prints and tiles' (Arend-Jan Gierveld), 8) 'Restoration transplantation' (J.J. van der Eyk), 9) 'Jugendstil tiles made in De Distel, Amsterdam', part 2 (Karel Nijkerk), Bibliography 1.07.1998 - 1.07.1999. NLG 15,-. Order at: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, address : see above.

Internet The Internet site Tiles on the Web on which this Bulletin resides has moved to http://www.tiles.org

Auction Van Sabben Tile Auctions, Ooststraat 32, 3261 KM Oud-Beijerland. Auction of ca 800 lots antique and Art Nouveau tiles on Saturday, September 11th 1999, 1:00 pm; on view from August 21st up to and including September 11th, every day from 10:00 until 17:00. Auctioning exclusively via written bids under notarial supervision. Tel. +31-186-621876, fax -619092.

Publication Berge, J.H. van den - Wandtegels in het land van Hulst. Overdruk uit Jaarboek 1997/1998 van de Oudheidkundige Kring "De Vier Ambachten", Hulst, p.115-212, 112 ill.

Exhibition "Delfts’ uit de provincie. Aardewerk uit Hollandse tegelfabrieken", September 2, 1999 - January 9, 2000, in : Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Herengracht 605, Amsterdam in co-operation with the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam.

Portugal

Exhibitions In 2000 in Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Rua da Madre de Deus 4, 1900 Lisbon. 1) "Real Fábrica do Rato, Lisboa 1767 - 1820" (the manufacture of Rato, Lisbon), 2) "Escultura de terracota em Portugal" (Portuguese Terra-Cotta Sculpture), 3) "Fontes iconográficas do azulejo português" (Portuguese tiles : iconographic sources). All these exhibitions will have catalogues.

Publication Figures et personages: une histoire en céramique. L’Azulejo au Portugal du XVe au XXe siècle, Lisbon, IPM, 1998, 48pp, illustrated.

Magazine Azulejo, n° 3, Lisboa, MNA (1993-1998). Order at the Museu Nacional do Azulejo.

Spain

CD Rom "BIHCE - Bibliografia Historica de la Cerámica Española 1988-1993", containing the references of 45 publications on tile and architectural ceramics published between 1988 and 1993. Order: Asociácion de Ceramologia, c/ Tevleria 12, 03698 Agost-Alicante. Fax +34 96 351 35 12.

Museum Museu Nacional de Cerámica, Poeta Querol, 2 46002 Valencia. Opening in March 1999 of new ceramic rooms, containing over 500 tiles and architectural ceramics. Tel. +34 96 351 63 92, fax 351 35 12.

Magazine Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 64-65, July-December 1998; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Joan SANTANACH I SOLER - Una rajola Barcelonina en format gran que evidencia una sèrie de la primera policromia, p.41-47; Jean COURANJOU - La rajola Catalana (i Valenciana) "Rocalla amb tres flors", p.48-51. Many other information on tiles and tiles related ceramics; panorama; book reviews.

USA

Exhibition "Poems in clay : Arthur Osborne’s ‘Plastic sketches’ for the low art tile works", showcases the decorative, low-relief, sculptural clay images produced as art objects in the 1880’s, at the Erie Art Museum, 411 State str, Erie PA, Oct 20, 1999 - March 5, 2000.

Symposium "Tiles of Erie : Preservation and Possibilities", Oct 20-23, 1999, present by the Tile Heritage Foundation. Erie, PA. Lectures, Tours, Workshops, Demonstrations and a Sale of antique and contemporary tiles, Oct 23rd.

Magazine Tile Heritage. Tile Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box 1850, Healdsburg CA 95448.

Newsletter Flash Point.

The objective of this Bulletin is the exchange of information on all kind of events (publications, exhibitions, lectures, ...) related to the subject of ceramic tiles and tiles related ceramics.
Published twice a year, in February and September.
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The Organisation of Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum has the pleasure to announce the availability of the second edition of The Dutch Tile, designs and names 1570-1930, written by Jan Pluis, conceived by a committee of the Dutch Tile Museum and its Friends Organisation (see order details under the Netherlands).

Belgium

International Conference "Majolica and Glass: from Italy to Antwerp and beyond - The transfer of technology in the 16th - early 17th century", June 3 - 5, 1999 in Kolveniershof, Kolveniersstraat 20, Antwerp. Over twenty lectures on production and use of majolica and glass in the most important European production centres and countries (Antwerp, the Netherlands, France, England, Italy ...). Lectures by renowned specialists, equally spread over majolica and glass and over the three conference days. Information on hotel accommodation available. Subscription by payment of 1800 Bef before May 15. For further information and conference folder : Stad Antwerpen, Afdeling Archeologie, Godefriduskaai 36, B-2000 Antwerp. Tel/Fax +32 3 232 92 08.

Article BAECK, Mario en LEJON, Hugo - 'De vloertegelfabriek Emmanuel Rottiers te Tisselt-Willebroek in de context van de Belgische cementtegelindustrie' (the floor-tile manufacturing company of Emmanuel Rottiers at Tisselt-Willebroek in the context of the Belgian cement tile industry), in : Monumenten & Landschappen, 17/6, November-December 1998, p.23-54, ISSN 0770-4948, col. ill., Dutch. Traces the history of the cement industry in Europe and Belgium and the development of the production of the cement tile. Follows a summary of some main cement tile manufactures in Belgium, starting in Ghent around 1840. We then make a walk through the Rottiers company (1920-1939) which is nearly left intact since it was abandoned in 1939. Order from: Monumenten en Landschappen, E.Jacqmainlaan 156 bus 7, 1000 Brussel, Fax +32 2 553.82.05. Bef 250,-.

Catalogue PAUWELS, A.G. - Keramiek 2, 1999, Kortrijk, 192 pages, 301 collection items, 200 col.ill. Order from : Stedelijke Musea Kortrijk, Broelkaai 4, 8500 Kortrijk, Fax +32/56/25.97.33. This catalogue covers the ceramics, including ± 40 tiles, acquired by the Museum since the edition (1981) of Keramiek 1. The base collection of about 325 tiles was fully described in Keramiek 1, which is still available. Keramiek 1: Bef 750; Keramiek 2: Bef 600; both 1 & 2: Bef 1200; Bef 150 P&P cost/book.

England

Book VAN LEMMEN, Hans and VERBRUGGE, Bart - Art Nouveau Tiles, Laurence King, 224 pages, 200 colour ill., expected September 1999. English; also Dutch, German and French editions. The book traces the tile work by British artists such as William Morris and William De Morgan, and surveys in detail Art Nouveau tiles in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary with separate chapters on Spain, Portugal and the United States.

Book VAN LEMMEN, Hans and BLANCHETT, Chris - 20th Century Tiles, Shire Pubns, due February 1999. Provisional information : 64 pages, 40 col/40 b&w ill., £ 3,95. The first publication to specifically cover 20th c. tiles in Britain. Order from: Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel./Fax +44 1903 717 648.

Newsletter Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), nbr. 45 (Winter 1998) : events and news from the Society. For enquiries about membership : TACS, Prof. William Prescott, 38 Church Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1BD.

Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, nbr. 37, Autumn 1998, 12p. Articles on: the Liebermann tiles, produced after 1955 in Johannesburg - Max Laeuger (1864-1952), a German ceramic artist and designer - Interviews with prominent British tile manufacturers - Tips for storing, cleaning, mending, mounting and photographing tiles in the Collector’s Corner - A visit of Gaudi’s Park Güell in Barcelona - The tessellated tiles at the Royal Porcelain Works, Rochester. TACS address: see above.

Journal Journal of the Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society, edited by Hans van Lemmen, volume 7, 1998, 36 p. Articles on: an account of the tiled floor of the Wedding Pavilion in the Mysore Palace, Karnataka State, India - the theories on use of colourful ceramics of architect Halsey Ralph Ricardo (1854-1928) - a special series of Ravesteijn Delftware tiles made for export to Britain - chemical analyses of Dutch tiles from the castles of Marly, Rochechouart and Labbeville - Anglo-Dutch tiles in the Carshalton water tower tiled bath - on the applications of science to the fine and useful arts. TACS address : see above.

Tile collection Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont street, Oxford OX1 2PH. A study day was organised on November 24, 1998 on the occasion of a special exhibition ‘Tiles from East and West’ exploring the cross-cultural splendours of the Ashmolean’s tile collections with lectures on tiles of five different periods. Tel +44 1865-278 015/Fax -288 192. (Info received too late.)

Bulletin Transactions, annual of the English Ceramic Circle, c/o Tom G. Walford, Prospect House 50, North Hill Highgate N6 4RH. Over the last editions, several articles have been published on Liverpool tiles and some other tile subjects.

France

Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n° 21, October 1998, 4 pages. Edited by ABRC, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramic exhibitions, events , publications in France and abroad.

Article ROSEN, Jean - 'Un carreau problématique en faïence de réverbère marqué "Voisinlieu"' (a problematic enamelled tile, stamped "Voisinlieu"), in: Groupe de Recherches et d’Etudes de la Céramique du Beauvaisis, Bulletin n° 20, 1998, pp. 91-97. A 115 mm square tile, clearly part of a tile picture, difficult to determine. G.R.E.C.B., 8 Avenue Victor Hugo, 60000 Beauvais.

Tour Guided bus tour through Paris looking for architectural ceramics, October 3, 1999. Information from G.R.E.C.B.

Internet http://www.ceramique.com - a site that collects a lot of information related to ceramics in France and abroad.

Colloquium report Stove ceramics, Colloquium held in Montbéliard, March 1995, 256 pages, ± 250 FF. Information: UMR 5594, Faculté des Sciences, 6 boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, Tel. +33 3 80 39 57 97. About 15 articles contributing to the know-how of this specific type of ceramics, which study is in full development.

Exhibition "Salon International de la Céramique de Collection et des Arts du Feu", September 29 - October 3, 1999 in Hôtel Dassault, 7 Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, 75008 Paris. Conference cycle and thematic exposition. Catalogue available in 09/1999. Information : Association des spécialistes de la céramique de collection, Tel. +33 1 4548 4653, fax +33 1 4284 0980.

Germany

Tile Museum Opening of the first German tile museum "Fliesenmuseum Boizenburg e.V." on October 10, 1998. Address : Reichenstrasse 4, 19258 Boizenburg (to the east of Hamburg). Tel/Fax 038844-21430.A leaflet is available on request.

Article PETRICONI, Renate - 'Der portugiesische Maler Jorge Colaço unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Fliesenbilder im Jugendstil' (the Portuguese painter Jorge Colaço with special attention to his tile pictures in jugendstil), in: Keramos, 162, October 1998, pp. 85-112, 50 col ill. An overview of the Jugendstil tile pictures painted by Jorge Colaço (1868-1942) in the period 1904-1930 for a.o. the Palácio-Hotel in Buçaco, different railway stations in Portugal, church façades in Porto and a private house in Monte Estoril; details of tile picture borders. Order from: Keramos, Körnerstrasse 21, 63067 Offenbach/Main.

Study JOLIET, Wilhelm - Druckgraphik und Fliese. Zwölf Kupferstiche nach Entwürfen von Jacopo Amigoni und Giuseppe Zocchi (Engraving and Tile. Twelve engravings made after designs from J.Amigoni and G.Zocchi), 1998, 76 pages, fully illustrated b&w, German with Dutch summaries. Order from W. Joliet, Kelvinstrasse 2, D-53639 Königswinter. A series of twelve engravings with images of the Old Testament was edited in 1764 by Joseph Wagner in Venice. Nine of them have been used as example for tile pictures from the manufacture of Aalmis, Rotterdam and Tichelaar, Makkum.

Study JOLIET, Wilhelm - Prent en Tegel. Ruitertableaus uit slot Ayeneux, Ein bedeutendes Ensemble von Fliesentableaus ausgefürt durch Jan Aalmis, Rotterdam (Engraving and Tile. Horseman tile pictures in castle Ayeneux, an important Series of tile pictures made by J. Aalmis, Rotterdam), 1998, 8 p. text, 25 p. ill. b&w, German. Order from W. Joliet, Kelvinstrasse 2, D-53639 Königswinter. Tile pictures of Louis XV, Maria Leckzinsky, empress Maria Theresia, Frans I, William Duke of Cumberland, Princes and Princesses of Oranje, with reference to the corresponding engravings.

The Netherlands

Book PLUIS, Jan - De Nederlandse Tegel, decors en benamingen 1570-1930 / The Dutch Tile, designs and names 1570-1930, Leiden, 1998, second edition, 696 p., 2600 b&w ph., 134 colour illus. This book will be of great value to everyone - from the humble collector to the great museum - who is interested in Dutch Delftware tiles and an indispensable aid for cataloguing its tile collection. Order from : Primavera Pers, Burggravenlaan 7, 2313 HM Leiden; tel. +31-71-514.4482, fax .4372. NLG 140,-.

Article BIESBOER, Pieter - 'Een onbekende ruiter' (an unknown horseman), in: Tableau, vol. 21/2, November 1998, pp.51-54. Four tiles, depicting a horseman, were found in the cellar of a 17th c. house on the Burgwal in Haarlem. Several elements lead to the conclusion that Hans Barnaertsz. Vierleger, who worked in Haarlem in the early 17th C., was most probably the maker.

Article HOEKSTRA, D. and HAITSMA, H. - 'Wel en wee van een unieke tegelkamer uit Workum, een derde leven voor een tweehonderdjarige', in: Fryslân, n° 3, October 1998, 2 pp., 3 ill. Describes the return to Workum of a tiled interior in Louis XVI style, moved for the third time. Describes the tile pictures and the moving problems, now and in the past.

Catalogue LANDZAAT, F.H. - Westraven, Schalkwijk, 1998, 28 pages, 19 ill. The brochure was edited at the occasion of the outline exhibition in 1998 on the faience and tile manufacture Westraven (1661-1995). NLG 10,-

Article GIERVELD, Arend Jan - 'Tegels op Walcheren, de betegeling van het hof van Zeeland in de 17de eeuw' (tiles on the Isle of Walcheren, the tiled walls of the Zeeland house in the 17th century), Middelburg, 1998, 48 pages, 55 ill., NLG 15,-

Spain

Magazine Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 63, January-June 1998; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Articles on: 'Six types of tiles in can Pradell (1842-1850) in Vallgor-guina' - 'A polychrome flowered plate with an identical decoration motif as a "rajola D’oficis" de tanca Blava' - 'Neapolitan copies of two Catalan tiles'. Many other valuable information on tiles and tiles related ceramics: panorama and book reviews.

Turkey

Book CIMOK, Fatih - The book of Rüstem Pasa tiles, A Turizm Yayinlari, Turkey, 1998, 63 pages, 55 col. ill. A detailed study of the famous tiles in the Rüstem Pasa Mosque in Istanbul. Order from Buckland Books (address: see England), £ 18,-.

USA

Tile picture Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On permanent exhibition "The battle of Ramillies", ca. 1800, made by De Bloempot, Rotterdam. A battle scene comprising 400 manganese-purple tiles. Near this battle scene are displayed a large variety of 17th c. Fruit and Flower tiles as well as geometric tiles and a collection of 18th c. Biblical tiles.

Book SABO, Rioletta & PALCATO, Jorge Nuno - Portuguese Decorative Tiles, Azulejos, Abbeville Press, USA, 1998, 216 pages, 217 col. ill. A study of tiles in situ in Portuguese architecture. A short introduction outlines the history of the Azulejo and an appendix describes each of the buildings covered in detail. Order from Buckland Books (address: see England), £ 35,-.

Book VAN HOOK, Stephen J - Discovering Dutch Delftware, modern Delft and Makkum pottery, Glen Park Press, USA, 1998, 144 pages, 46 col./145 b&w ill. + 160 pottery marks, paperback. Looks specifically at 20th c. pottery and tiles. More pottery than tiles (± 40 ill.). Marks will assist in the identification of modern Dutch tiles. Order from Buckland Books. £ 17.50

The objective of this Bulletin is the exchange of information on all kind of events (publications, exhibitions, lectures, ...) related to the subject of ceramic tiles and tiles related ceramics.
Published twice a year, in February and September.
Please send any useful information to the editor.

Edited by Stichting Vrienden Nederlands Tegelmuseum - European Ceramic Tiles Circle, c/o Caignie Frans, Akkerstraat 3, B-2970 Schilde, Belgium. Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.

The European Ceramic Tiles Circle is not responsible for the correctness of the information.
Prices are for information only and exclusive post & packing costs.

Belgium

Exhibition "Wij lopen op geschiedenis. Vloeren en tegels uit Cisterciënzerabdijen" (Walking on history. Floors and tiles from Cistercian abbeys), in: Museum Duinenabdij, Koninklijke Prinslaan 8, 8670 Koksijde. Until 15 September 1998. Catalogue by D. DUTOO, 29 pages, Dutch, BF 50,-. Study of medieval floor-tiles; A repertory of the most frequently used pictures and ornaments; Positioning of the tiles in the abbey. Order from the Museum, tel. +32 58 51 19 33.

England

Tile Sale Bring, buy, sell or swap tiles on Saturday 3rd October 1998, 1.00-4.30pm at Arnot Hill House, Arnot Hill Park, Nottingham. After the Sale, enrolled TACS members are welcome to view the tile collection of Michael Blood - about 2000 tiles. An organisation of TACS ; details and enrolment from Michael Blood, Nottingham +44 115 960 8502.

Newsletter Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS), n° 42 (Spring) ; n° 43 (Summer) ; n° 44 (Autumn 1998): 1998 events and news from the Society. TACS, Katryn Huggins, Reabrook Lodge, 8 Sutton Road, Shrewsbury SY2 6DD.

Magazine TACS, Glazed Expressions, nbr. 36, Spring 1998, 12p. Articles on different tile subjects: Tile discoveries in London and Newcastle upon Tyne; An interview with Susan Tunick, President of the US Friends of Terra Cotta; The Sydney opera house, the largest tiled structure built in the 20th century; Interviews with prominent British tile manufacturers; Pierre Mallet, a designer of Burmantofts faience tiles; several book reviews.

TACS Annual Lecture Saturday 17th October 1998, 11.30am at the City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent: "Twentieth century tiles" by Chris Blanchett. Will be followed at 2.00pm with a tile identification session conducted by Chris Blanchett. Information from Lynn Pearson, TACS Events Secretary, 9 The Poplars, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4AE.

TACS Publications for Sale Spring 1998 list available from Deborah Skinner, TACS Publications Secretary, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley, ST1 3DW Stoke-on-Trent, tel. +44 1782 232323.

Book FAWCETT, Jane - Historic Floors, Their history and conservation, Butterworth Heinemann, 1998, 250 pp., illus. in b&w and 80 col. plates. £ 60.00. Concentrates on encaustic tiled and mosaic floors in churches, cathedrals and chapels. Order: Buckland Books, Holly Tree House, 18 Woodlands Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5PP. Tel./Fax +44 1903 717 648.

Book PICKETT, Douglas - Early Persian Tilework, The Medieval Flowering of Kashi, Associated University Presses, 1997, 211 pp. text + 145 plates. £ 80.00. Investigation of the origins and significance of the earliest forms of Islamic tilework, the mosaic-style decoration known as Kashi. Order from Buckland Books.

Book CARSWELL, John - Iznik Pottery, British Museum Press, 1998, 128 pp., 44 col. + 64 b&w illus., paperback. £ 11.00. Illustrates a number of tiles and their relationship to other Iznik pottery. Order from Buckland Books.

France

Museum collection - Musée des Beaux Arts et de Céramique, 1 rue Faucon, 76000 Rouen has on permanent show some tile pictures made by Masseot Abaquesne for the Château d’Ecouen and the Château de la Bastie d’Urfé (1542 to 1557).

Catalogue LAHAUSSOIS, C. - Catalogue raisonné : "Faïences de Delft: musée national de Céramique, Sèvres.", Edition R.M.N., Paris, 1998 (autumn). Order at the museum, Place de la Manufacture, 92310 Sèvres.

Bulletin Les informations de l'ABRC - Association Bourguignonne de Recherches Céramiques, n°19 (March 1998) & n° 20 (June 1998), 4 pages, rue Dr. Maret 5, 21000 Dijon. Ceramics exhibitions, events , publications in France and abroad.

Article LEROY, Cathérine - Avers et revers des pavements du château d’Ecouen (both sides of the floor tiles in the castle of Ecouen), in: Revue de L’Art, n° 116 / 1997-2 (Revue du CNRS), p. 27-41.

Germany

Article 'Wärmendes Feuer in der heimischen Stube. Zur Entwicklung des Kamins in Ost-Friesland', in: Mein Haus in Ost-Friesland. Regionales Magazin für Bauen-Wohnen-Finanzierung, 3/1997, 1e Jahrgang, pp. 14-17.

Book GUTH, Peter - Wände der Verheissung - zur Geschichte der architekturbezogenen Kunst in der DDR, Leipzig, 1995, ISBN 3-9803346-7-8. Contains illustrations of tile works of the former DDR. Order from: Fröhlich & Kaufmann Verlag und Versand, Willdenowstraße 5, 13353 Berlin. DM 40,-. Tel. +49 30-465 10 01, fax -465 10 03.

Exhibition "Biblische Geschichten in Delfter Blau, Niederländische Bibelbfiesen von 1650 bis 1850", until 27.09.1998, in: Museum für Sakrale Kunst und Liturgie, Richard-Hauser-Platz, 69117 Heidelberg.

Catalogue TIEDEMANN, Klaus - catalogue for the above mentioned exhibition in Heidelberg, German text, 46 pp., 35 col. ill. DM 10,-. Order from the Museum für Sakrale Kunst und Liturgie or from Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum.

Book SABO, Rioletta - Azulejos in Portugal, Hirmer Verlag.

Exhibition "'Wenn‘t man smeckt', Küchengeräte aus vier Jahrhunderten", with a tile panel "Rozestar", blue, ± 1800, in: Museum Nienburg, Leinstraße 48, 31582 Nienburg. Until 30.09.1998. Dutch tiles from the 18th & 19th c. permanent on view.

Italy

Book Storia della ceramica di Montelupo, Volume primo: Le maioliche da mensa dalle origini alla fine del XV secolo, November 1997, 320 pp. Lire 110.000. Volume secondo : Dal Rinascimento al Settecento. La ceramica da mensa, November / December 1998, 352 pp. Lire 130.000. Order at : Aedo s.r.l., Via A. Gramsci 12, 50056, Montelupo Fiorentino (Fi), tel. +39 571 51060, fax -51506. Volume 3 & 4 to follow. The work is the result of 24 years of archeological, archive and historical research conducted and coordinated by Dr. Fausto Berti, director of the Museo Archeologico e della Ceramica di Montelupo.

Book DONATONE, Guido - La riggiola Napoletana: Pavimenti e Rivestimenti maiolicati dal seicento all’ottocento, 1997, Grimaldi & C, 267 pp., 400 col. and b&w illus., Italian text. £ 99.00. Detailed and fine study of Neapolitan maiolica wall and floor tiles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Order from Buckland Books (address: see England).

The Netherlands

Exhibitions 1) "Portuguese diary, impressions on tile pictures": until 20.09.1998, 2) "The collection Dingeman Korf": November 1998 until August 1999, in: Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, Eikenzoom 12, 6731 BH Otterlo, tel. +31 318 591519, fax -592000.

Annual meeting The Stichting Vrienden van het Nederlands Tegelmuseum (Association of Friends of the Dutch Tile Museum) holds its annual meeting, Saturday 26 September 1998 10.00am, in Museum Het Princessehof, Grote Kerkstraat 11, Leeuwarden. Lectures in Dutch by Dirk Hoekstra & Haijo Haitsma ("De Workumer kamer/The Workumer room"), Jan Pluis ("Fries aardewerk/Friesian earthenware") and Horst Ariens ("A collector tells about his own tile collection: Elephants"). In the afternoon, visit of the ceramic and tile collections of the museum.

Annual Stichting Vrienden van het Nederlands Tegelmuseum: TEGEL 26, September 1998, 52 pages, dutch + english summary. 1) 'Construction of the earliest tile pillars' (J.H. van den Berge), 2) 'An Antwerp tile carpet, a reconstruction based on two tiles' (Frans Caignie, Tony Oost), 3) 'A serie of portrait tiles painted from Pieter Breugel the Ancient' (Kitty Laméris, Jan Holtkamp), 4) 'Dutch tiles in Algiers during the Turkish Regency 1518-1830' (Jean Couranjou), 5) 'A tile picture made for a silver wedding (?)' (F.H. Landzaat), 6) 'Jugendstil tiles made in De Distel, Amsterdam', part 1 (Karel Nijkerk); Bibliography 1.07.1997 - 1.07.1998. NLG 15,-. Order at : Het Nederlands Tegelmuseum, address : see above.

Book TICHELAAR, Pieter Jan & POLDER, Casper - Gebakken schilderijen. Friese keramische platen 1870-1930 / Fired Paintings. Friesian ceramic wall plaques 1870-1930. Primavera Pers, Leiden, 1998, 232 pp., 144 plaques, 63 pages illustrated introduction, NLG 149,50.

Article BIESBOER Pieter - Schotels en tegels voor de sier (dishes and tiles for decoration), in: Keramiek, 1997, n° 6, p. 6-9.

Article TERLOUW, Willem J. - 'Aanwinst Europese keramiek - Tien Antwerpse tegels uit Anjum' (Acquisition of European Ceramic, Ten Antwerp Tiles from Anjum), in: Keramika, 1997, nr. 4, p. 15-18. Tiles from the workplace of Guido di Savino, 1530.

Spain

Magazine Butlletí Informatiu de Ceràmica, n° 63, January-June 1998; a publication of the Associació Catalana de Ceràmica Decorada i Terrissa, Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona. Information on tiles in each edition.

Index The Associació Catalana has issued an index of all articles that have been published in the first 50 editions of their Butlleti Informatiu de Ceràmica.

Annual Meeting Trobada de col-leccionistes de rajola Catalana i ceràmica antiga en general, in Vallromanes (Vallès Oriental), organised each year on the fourth Sunday of May. An organisation of the above mentioned Associació.

USA

Symposium "Tiles: A living history". A 5-day symposium of lectures, exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, demonstrations, tile auction and sale, highlighting the historic tiles of southeastern Pennsylvania and the role of history in contemporary tile work. Commemorating the centennial of Henry Chapman Mercer’s Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. October 13-17, 1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The participants will spend October 14 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art with lectures by Ella Schaap (A brief history of 17th and 18th c. Dutch wall tiles in the museum), Andrew Lins (Dutch tiles : a case study in desalting) and tours of the collections of tiles in the museum. Information: Tile Heritage Foundation, P.O. Box 1850, Healdsburg, CA 95448, tel. +1 707 431 8453, fax -8455.

Book KARLSON, Norman - American Art Tile, Rizzoli, USA, 224 pp., over 300 col. illus. £ 40.00. Starting with early tiles that clearly show their affinity to British tiles, the book shows how the American tile industry had developed its own unique style by the early 20th c. Order from Buckland Books (address: see England).

Book MERCER, H.C. - Guide book to the tiled pavement in the Pennsylvania capitol, Pennsylvania, USA, 1998, 107 pp., 400 b&w illus. + loose plan of tile layout, paperback. £ 7.00. Facsimile reproduction of Henry Chapman Mercer’s 1908 Guide Book of this 1500 square meters tiled floor. Order from Buckland Books (address: see England).

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