Christopher Malone will discuss the early scholarship and new research on Pennsylvania German red earthenware pottery. From the first seminal work on the subject by Edwin Atlee Barber to the latest volume of Americana Insights dedicated solely to the topic, Malone will delve into the history of redware in Pennsylvania, the potters and their wares, and provide fresh updates on a number of pieces and personalities.

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Christopher Malone is a curator and scholar who focuses on the history and material culture of the Pennsylvania Germans, with a special emphasis on the Moravians and other intentional communities. He completed a master’s in architecture at Syracuse University and a master's from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. He has worked for the Moravian Historical Society and was the curator at the American Swedish Historical Museum. Malone is currently the curator at Historic Trappe and the content curator for Americana Insights. He has curated and co-curated several exhibitions at Historic Trappe, including Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road, Pewter: An American Story / The Melvyn and Bette Wolf Collection, and From Hubener to Medinger: Redware Potters of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Malone is also a writer for Maine Antiques Digest and is the editor of “The Daily Antiquarian,” a blog focusing on the history, architecture, and material culture of the American mid-Atlantic.