Ceramics Study Club of Boston
2026-2027 Program

Please note our meeting location at the
King's Chapel Parish House, and the date
and time of each meeting. Before lectures, coffee and tea
will be served, unless otherwise noted.
Four programs will be presented online. A Zoom link
will be emailed to members one week in advance of the program.

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Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
King’s Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street, Boston
Chinese and European Ruby-Backs
William Sargent
Independent Curator and former H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum
CSC Member


Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
King’s Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street, Boston
Bicentennial and other Schlock: Ceramic Visions and Re-visions of John Paul Jones
Gerald W.R. Ward
Curator, Portsmouth Historical Society
Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of
American Decorative Arts & Sculpture Emeritus,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
King’s Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street, Boston
Fragile and Functional: Antique Ceramic Clocks
Bob Frishman
Horology Scholar, Author, Lecturer & Restorer


Thursday, January 28, 2027, at 1:00 p.m.
Online Zoom Presentation
A Ceramic Tour of Scottish Country Houses:
Private Homes and The National Trust for Scotland
Patricia F. Ferguson
Independent Scholar


Thursday, February 25, 2027, at 1:00 p.m.
Online Zoom Presentation
The Vivian Hawes Memorial Lecture
Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware & the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic
Genevieve Wheeler Brown
Decorative Art Advisor and Author


Thursday, March 25, 2027, at 1:00 p.m.
Online Zoom Presentation
Late Ming Porcelain from the 1607-1625 James Fort,
Jamestown, Virginia
Merry A. Outlaw
Senior Curator of Jamestown Rediscovery, the archaeological
project of Preservation Virginia on Jamestown Island.


Thursday, April 22, 2027, at 1:00 p.m.
King’s Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street, Boston
Bits and Pieces
Members are invited to bring an object for discussion


Thursday, May 27, 2027, at 1:00 p.m.
King’s Chapel Parish House
64 Beacon Street, Boston
Annual Meeting and Tea
A Survey of the Sung, Yuan & Ming Dynasties or –Yikes!,
what have I bought!
Don Lewis
Collector & CSC Member