You Are Cordially Invited To The PREVIEW OPENING
TUESDAY, Jan 20th, 2009

5pm - 9pm
Individual Tickets $75
The Preview is your first opportunity to view and purchase at the Fair and includes repeat admission.


Includes wine and hors d'oeuvres catered by CANARD, Inc.

"The Fair.....has become a highlight in the calendar of every ceramics and glass collector."
Magazine Antiques

2008 LOAN EXHIBIT
"Delicious Dipped Ware: Chocolate, Cinnamon, Caramel, Butterscotch, Blueberry, Peach & Toffee, the colors of pleasure."
Curated by Jonathan Rickard & Don Carpentier

2008 LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday January 16th
12 Noon "Under the Coal Dust of 200 Years, Amazing Finds at Spode" by Don Carpentier
2pm "The Cambrian Company, Swansea's London Warehouse" by Jonathan Gray
4pm " Birdwatching, An Adventure in Painted Pearlware" by George & Mickey Dieke

Thursday January 17th
12 Noon "Why Did People Start Making Pots" by Douglas Bailey
2pm "We Make Our Pots With What We Potters Are" by Andrew Watts

Friday January 18th
12 Noon "Commentaries in Clay: Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835" by Myrna Schkolne
2pm "Rewriting American Ceramic History: The Soft-Paste Porcelain of John Bartlan, Cain Hoy & Charleston, South Carolina, 1765-1773" by Robert Hunter

Saturday January 19th
12 Noon "The Interplay of Underglaze Blue & Enamel Decoration on 18th C. German Porcelain" by Dr. Nicholas Zumbulyadis
2pm "Staffordshire Slipware- A Developing Tradition" by Dr. David Barker
4pm "Recent Dipped Ware Discoveries: God is in the Details" by Jonathan Rickard

Sponsored by The Chipstone Foundation

LECTURE TICKETS:
$10 per person per lecture plus show admission.
3 lectures $25 plus show admission.
Seating is limited. Reservations required - please call 310.455.2886