Scholar
Nancy Reid Hocking
fl. 1985–2001
Scholar, active 1985–2001. Married to Ara Nigogossian.
Life and work
- 2001Wife of Ara Nigogossian; author of Lessons from the Kiln (2001) on reduction firing in Cypriot Iron Age pottery; co-supplied technical details for the Harvard Cesnola catalogue.
Through their hands
1 record- n.d.Transfer
TransferHelena Wylde Swiny provided Nancy Reid Hocking with dozens of sherds from the museum's holdings.
Received objects from Helena Wylde Swinydozens of sherds from Cypriot Geometric and Archaic Amphora KratersHarvard Semitic MuseumHocking 2001, p. 133
Connections
2 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Received objects from Helena Wylde SwinyHelena Wylde Swiny provided Nancy Reid Hocking with dozens of sherds from the museum's holdings. Hocking 2001, p. 133
Family
- Married to Ara NigogossianNancy Reid Hocking was married to Ara Nigogossian. Hocking 2001, p. 133
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Ara NigogossianNancy Reid Hocking began studying the Cypriot collection at the British Museum with Ara Nigogossian. Hocking 2001, p. 1391985
- Connected with Helena Wylde SwinyHelena Wylde Swiny asked Nancy Reid Hocking to supply technical details for the catalogue. Hocking 2001, p. 133
Recording and study
3 records- Studied2
1985Nancy Reid Hocking began studying the Cypriot collection at the British Museum with Ara Nigogossian.
Nancy Reid Hocking refired Cesnola Collection sherds in an oxidizing atmosphere to reverse the color effects of ancient reduction firing.
my potteryHocking 2001, p. 138
- Founded1
Nancy Reid Hocking and Ara Nigogossian established Triskelion Pottery to make and sell replicas of ancient Cypriot pottery.
Founded Triskelion PotteryNeo Chorio, PaphosHocking 2001, p. 139
Mentioned in
4 mentionsDocuments · 1
- Lessons from the kiln: reduction firing in Cypriot Iron Age pottery
Partnership, family, founded · 1985 · pp. 133, 138, 139
Nancy Reid Hocking began studying the Cypriot collection at the British Museum with Ara Nigogossian.
Hocking 2001
Institutions · 1
- Triskelion Pottery
Founder
Hocking 2001, p. 139
- People · 2listed under Connections
Sources
- 1.N. R. Hocking (2001). “Lessons from the kiln: reduction firing in Cypriot Iron Age pottery”. Near Eastern Archaeology 64, 132-139.
- 2.Nancy Reid Hocking, 2001, Lessons from the Kiln: Reduction Firing in Cypriot Iron Age Pottery.
- 3.N. R. Hocking, 2001, Lessons from the kiln: reduction firing in Cypriot Iron Age pottery.
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