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The History of Chinese Export Porcelain in Ten Objects
November 18, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$10
Featured Speaker: Ron Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collection, Washington and Lee University
Chinese export porcelain graced the tables of Virginia’s eighteenth-century gentry households. These porcelain objects expressed a family’s taste while connecting colonial consumers to a global economy. This lecture will explore the technological and aesthetic innovations which made Chinese export porcelain so desirable then and now. Light refreshments to follow.
$10 admission. Free to Members. Purchase your tickets in advance through the Wilton website. For questions please contact Wilton House Museum at (804)282-5936 or wiltonprograms@comcast.net