Decorative Arts

This portion of the collection focuses on European ceramics from the 15th to the 19th century, English silver (primarily Georgian), 18th and 19th Century American silver, and a unique collection of hand-painted 19th Century wallpaper designs from Paris. Highlights from this collection include Italian majolica from the 15th and 16th Centuries, French faience from the 17th and 18th Centuries, and over 60 pieces of English Georgian silver. We have recently begun to expand this collection into the 20th Century with the acquisition of a Picasso ceramic plate and a Tiffany lamp.