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The article focuses on the artist-decorated ceramic mugs of the Salmagundi Club Library in New York City. It informs about the fundraising scheme institute by the club's librarian, William H. Shelton, in 1899, that would become the annual auction of the club. Among the artists who created the mugs for the inaugural 1899 sale were F. McIntosh Arnold, William Verplank Birney, Carle Blenner and George Elmer Browne.

The article presents a history of ceramic pottery making in the Edgefield region in the U.S., particularly in the early nineteenth century. Also cited are the pottery of the Catawba Indian Nation, the use of clay by the Indigenous peoples of Woodland and South Appalachia in Mississippi to produce shell-tempered pottery, and the efforts by Abner Landrum in developing alkaline-glazed stoneware.

This article presents information related to the development of the Overbeck Pottery between 1911 and 1955 by four talented sisters living in the family house in Cambridge City, Indiana. Together these enterprising women produced some of the most inventive and engaging work on the American ceramics scene during a period when innovation and novelty were critical operating principles for the industry as a whole. While many of the art potteries whose products have become highly collectible today--such as Rookwood, Grueby and Teco--were actually large manufactories employing many workers segregated by their tasks, the Overbeck sisters made their ware in a basement workshop, designed and decorated it in the spare room off their dining room, and fired it in an outbuilding behind the house.

The article profiles contemporary artists Paul Scott, Andrew Stein Raftery and Don Moyer, with emphasis on their transfer-ware plate works. Topics discussed include Scott's pioneering of the idea of collage in ceramics, engraver Raftery's project in which he depicts himself working in his mother's garden on a set of 12 plates and graphic designer Moyer's use of Kickstarter campaign to fund his Calamityware project.

Focuses on issues related to antique arts. American Ceramic Circle's awarding of grants to individuals for expenses associated with the preparation of scholarly papers related to ceramics; Request for information for a forthcoming article about diamond jewelry company Marcus & Co.

Focuses on French decorator of ceramics Louis Victor Gerverot. Early life; Bird paining at manufactories in Germany and in the Netherlands; Travels around Europe; Confusions about Gerverot; Various employment; Records carrying facts about Gerverot.

Focuses on the collection of arts at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England. Establishment of the museum during 1683; History of the English ceramics; Interest of financier of the museum Henry Rissik Marshall in porcelains.

Presents information the grants awarded to individuals for expenses associated with the preparation of scholarly papers based on original research in the history of ceramics by the American Ceramic Circle. Value of the grant; What the grant provides for the individual; When applications for the grants must be submitted.

Provides information about two events of interest to students and collectors of antiques. Announcement of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library's annual Winter Institute on January 19 and February 7, 1997 in Delaware; Awarding of a $3000 grant for the winning paper on the history of ceramics, sponsored by the American Ceramic Circle.

Announces the American Ceramic Circle's awarding of grants to individuals preparing scholarly papers based on original research on the history of ceramics. Special consideration for topics of American interests; Intention of the grants; Deadline for submission of applications.

The article presents various antique traveling exhibits in New York as of February 2006. A traveling exhibition of the Roycroft crafts is on view at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York through April 2, 2006. A traveling exhibition that looks into the ceramic wares exported from China to Japan between 1620 to 1645 at the China Institute Gallery in New York City on February 2, 2006.