Encontro Unir conhecimentos: Olaria e Figurado

The meeting “Meetup Uniting knowledge: Pottery and Figurines”, part of the exploratory project funded by IN2PAST 2LEGACY, is organized by Lab2PT in partnership with the HERCULES Laboratory, with the support of the Barcelos City Council. The meeting is the first public presentation of the project's results and a space for the exchange of knowledge between researchers, institutions, potters, and doll makers.

The 16th of May will be dedicated to communications and will take place in the auditorium of the Pottery Museum in Barcelos, with input from Lab2PT (University of Minho), HERCULES (University of Évora), CRIA (NOVA University of Lisbon), Municipality of Estremoz, Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto and D. Diogo de Sousa Museum (MMP). The 17th will be a day of visits to various local potteries and doll makers.

Presentations:

Mathilda Coutinho, Reviewing the legacy of Charles Lepierre: The Role of Raw Materials in Ceramics between the Past and the Future (HERCULES. University of Évora / IN2PAST)

Hugo Guerreiro, Historical Notes on Estremoz Faience (Estremoz Museum. Municipality of Estremoz / CIDEHUS. University of Évora)

Fernando Castro, The importance of chemical analysis of archaeological ceramics for determining manufacturing origins: methodology and practice (DEM. University of Minho)

Rita Gaspar, Illustrating ceramic production in 19th-century Portugal. The cases of Aurélia and Sofia de Sousa (Natural History and Science Museum. University of Porto)

Ana Fonseca, Cross-referencing Analytical and Documentary Results: The Colours of the Estremoz Doll and the Apothecary of Misericórdia in Estremoz (Estremoz Museum. Municipality of Estremoz)

Sónia Mota Ribeiro, Stories of clay: ethnographic notes on the relationship between the material and the artisans (CRIA. NOVA FCSH. IN2PAST)

Manuela Ribeiro, Memories of the pottery of Coimbrões (Vila Nova de Gaia): rescued from the earth and museums (Porto City Council)

Maria José Sousa; Cristina Braga, Ceramics in the collections of the D. Diogo de Sousa Archaeology Museum (D. Diogo de Sousa Museum. Museums and Monuments of Portugal)

Isabel Maria Fernandes, Charles Lepierre, and the donation of a collection of Portuguese ceramics to the Sèvres Museum at the end of the 19th century (Lab2pt. University of Minho / IN2PAST)