Abstract

For audiences not familiar with antiquity, the shattering of the Portland Vase at the British Museum in 1845 raised awareness of a classical past which was claimed by many European nations as their cultural heritage. This article explores how the British ceramics industry quickly exploited a ready market, prompted by such interest. A new genre of wares was produced industrially, mainly in Stoke-on-Trent until the 1870s, although manufacture continued sporadically until 1900. Modern techniques, including moulding and transfer-printing, allowed the creation of versions of black- and red-figure ancient Greek ceramics, sometimes in vivid polychrome. Hitherto largely overlooked by museums and standard histories of ceramics, the material evidence of this fashion endures. Although the resulting artefacts were often marketed without reference to their origins in antiquity, an argument is presented here for their having more than merely decorative significance.

中文翻译：

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家居考古：十九世纪中叶面向新观众的新古典陶瓷

摘要

对于不熟悉古代的观众来说，1845年大英博物馆波特兰花瓶的瓦解提高了人们对古典时代的认识，这一古典时代被许多欧洲国家称为其文化遗产。本文探讨了在这种兴趣的推动下，英国陶瓷行业如何快速开发现成的市场。工业上生产了一种新的商品类型，主要在特伦特河畔斯托克（Stoke-on-Trent）一直生产到1870年代，尽管零星的生产一直持续到1900年。现代技术，包括模制和转移印刷，可以创造出黑色和红色数字的古代版本。希腊陶瓷，有时为生动的彩色。迄今为止，博物馆和陶瓷的标准历史在很大程度上都忽略了这种时尚的物质证据。