Swem Special Collections

J. Palin Thorley Papers, 1910-1987

Collection ID: MS 00076

Description: The papers of J. Palin Thorley contain personal and business papers, legal and financial papers, photographs, studio notes, drawings and sketches, ceramics, and artifacts. Joseph Palin Thorley was an internationally known potter who supplied the Craft House museum shop with reproductions of eighteenth-century antiques from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection. The collection largely relates to Thorley's pottery work and business, documenting his creative and scholarly process.

Item: Plate, small, round, luster, experimental

Object ID: Mss. 1997.24.06

Description: Plate, small, round, luster, experimental. Small round plate. Features test patterns and identifications of different pink and purple luster formulas. Green "Taylor Smith Taylor USA" maker's mark on back. Design and execution by J. Palin Thorley. PT 056. Dimensions: 6 3/8" diameter x 9/16" high.

Cece Bell Papers, circa 1988-2017

Collection ID: MS 00312

Description: Materials display the creative process for Cece Bell, an award-winning alumnae (class of 1992) author and illustrator of children's books, from initial brainstorming to finished product. The collection also shows editing interactions between Bell, her husband Tom Angleberger (also class of 1992), and others. Includes story development, illustration tests and sketches.

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Call Number: Juvenile Collection (HV2534 .B44 A3 2014)

Translations of El Deafo are in Special Collections, Rare Books