Mytum, H. C. (2013). Ceramics, Furniture, and Distributed Agency of People and Things in 19th-Century Cottages of Western Britain and Ireland. Medieval Ceramics Volume 34: Journal of the Medieval Pottery Research Group. Vol 34, London: Medieval Pottery Research Group. pp. 55-66. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106379. Cite this via datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Ceramics, Furniture, and Distributed Agency of People and Things in 19th-Century Cottages of Western Britain and Ireland
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Medieval Ceramics Volume 34: Journal of the Medieval Pottery Research Group
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Medieval Ceramics: Journal of the Medieval Ceramics Research Group
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	34
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	55 - 66
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1106379
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The dresser and its ceramics formed a highly significant cultural marker in 19th-century western Britain and Ireland. Excavated transfer-printed, painted, and spongeware vessels recovered from excavations can be contextualized using ethnographic and illustrative material, together with dressers and their contents in museums, to consider ceramics in a range of dynamic relationships. This paper applies the theoretical perspective of Actor Network Theory (ANT) to consider the role of ceramics within western British and Irish 19th-century cottages. Networks of people and things create, in Latour’s terminology, actants they are made to act. Ceramics were not merely passive reflectors of function and status but were active in the negotiations of value and meaning not only in middle class homes but also within even the most impoverished rural cottage.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Harold C Mytum
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Medieval Pottery Research Group
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2013
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Subjects / Periods:	Pottery Ceramic Medieval Furniture Cottages Dresser Spongeware Vessels
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