{"id":6051,"date":"2012-01-21T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T22:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2012-01-21T17:56:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T22:56:11","slug":"the-new-york-ceramics-fair-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=6051","title":{"rendered":"The New York Ceramics Fair, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday of this past week I bundled up and made my annual journey northeast to The New York Ceramics Fair, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Each year at this time I look forward to attending the event and have been doing so since 2004. It&#8217;s always a pleasure to see the dealers and to drool over their fabulous merchandise, hoping that I will see some wonderful examples of inventive repair.<\/p>\n<p>Leon-Paul van Geenen brought this amazing 17th century Dutch or German roemer with jaw dropping repairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0050_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6052\" title=\"IMG_0050_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0050_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0050_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0050_2-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two brass palette-shaped plates, convex on the outside and concave on the inside, have been riveted together to conceal a large hole in the center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0051_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6053\" title=\"IMG_0051_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0051_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0051_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0051_2-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inside of the goblet shows the hammered ends of the rivets holding the plates in place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0053_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6054\" title=\"IMG_0053_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0053_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0053_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0053_2-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stem also has a unique repair; a plate with initials and a date of 1718, most likely the date of the repair and the initials of the restorer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0056_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6055\" title=\"IMG_0056_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0056_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0056_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0056_2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an example of a roemer without repairs, and in my mind, the less interesting of the two!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6056\" title=\"IMG_0059_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059_2-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another example of inventive repair brought by Mr. van Geenen is this small stoneware jug made in Sieburg, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0065_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6057\" title=\"IMG_0065_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0065_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0065_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0065_2-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The jug has three molded figural medallions, the center one with a man&#8217;s face and a date of 1595.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0066_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6058\" title=\"IMG_0066_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0066_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0066_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0066_2-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what interests me the most is a lead plug with an incised cross, sealing a small hole on the side of the jug. I have not seen this type of simple yet effective\u00a0repair before and will now be on the lookout to find other examples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0067_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6059\" title=\"IMG_0067_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0067_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0067_2.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0067_2-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday of this past week I bundled up and made my annual journey northeast to The New York Ceramics Fair, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Each year at this time I look forward to attending the event and have been doing so since 2004. 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