Dear TCC eNews Readers: We're pleased to send you the latest edition of our monthly e-newsletter informing you of up-coming club activities and interesting new content on
our web site and our
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We place new or important TCC announcements, transferware news, and events listings at the top, but there is a world of value to the middle and bottom of our eNews. We rotate new entries every month to our regular features, including Featured Books, Featured Articles, and Information Websites and Blogs. So, please, page down and sample our monthly offerings.
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TCC Board Announces Postponement of the 2020 Annual Meeting
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Thanks to the dedicated efforts of member Leslie Bouterie, most of the extensive planning already completed can still be implemented in 2021. Until we meet again in the next year, we send our sincerest wish for good health and well-being for all members and their families. Please contact TCC President Scott Hanson if you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer to help with the 2021 meeting.
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TCC Board Announces Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting
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At the Board's recent Spring meeting conference call, it was determined to host an online Virtual Annual Meeting in October 2020. Specific date and other information will be announced once plans are confirmed.
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Photo of the Month
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Cheddleton Mill
View downstream from the Cheddleton Flint Mill near Stoke-On-Trent, England (above), taken on the same occasion as the image below of the mill. The contrast between the industrial and the rural in 18th century England is apparent!
Thanks to Roger Pomfret for the image.
Flint, an important pottery ingredient, was fired and milled at this location, not far from Stoke-On-Trent, England. The flint was transported by canal from the beaches of the English Channel to the mill. TCC members spent a lovely morning at the site, as part of our 2003 annual meeting. View several thousand images related to ceramics and transferware on our website's Image Gallery,
here. Read a description of the 2003 meeting
here.
Thanks to David Hoexter for preparing the "Photo of the Month."
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Pattern of the Month
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Outdoor Ammusements
The pattern, Outdoor Amusements #01, is shown on an 18.5 inch high garden seat. The maker is unknown. Outdoor Amusements #02 is also in the database, as the top or seat features a different pattern. Visit
more information and other archived patterns to learn more about this pattern.
Thanks to Judie Siddall for preparing the "Pattern of the Month."
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Tile Display of the Month - Examples from the TCC Database
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This is a very strong brown and white pattern on a 6 inch tile with the center section set in diagonal shape. The back of the tile gives no information regarding pattern nor maker. No reference has been found for the pattern; therefore, it has a TCC Assigned Name. Pattern #19246 in the database.
The center pattern features a vase with a bouquet of 3 stalks of wheat and their leaves plus curving feathery leaves on each side. The background has a tightly woven pattern in medium brown. The lower part of the vase resembles a fleur-de-lis. The border consists of a triangle in each corner with angled lines and a quarter part of a flower. It is clearly designed to form a secondary pattern when a group of tiles is formed for decorating a fireplace or wall. A group of 9 tiles shows the secondary pattern formed with the corners is as strong as the original center pattern.
More information.
(Click on thumbnails to see larger images)
Thanks to Connie Rogers and Kurt O'Hare for preparing the "Tile Display of the Month."
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Schmidt's Antiques
Ceramics Auction
June 6, 2020
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Pook & Pook
Americana Auction
June 20, 2020
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Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates
38th Semi-Annual Americana Auction June 26 & 27
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A varied ceramics offering including Durham Ox, Shipping, and Spode Indian Sporting Series; Source Prints; Staffordshire figures; and various additional Staffordshire pottery.
More info.
Link to auction.
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The auction will feature two collections of Historical Transferware and other Staffordshire, including the collection of TCC Member Kurt O'Hare. View images. Link to auction.
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Superb selection of American historical transferware including the collections of Theodore and the late Alvina Breckel, of Oley, Pennsylvania and Winnetka, Illinois , and of Randy and Lois Boyer, TCC members of Towson, Maryland.
More info.
Link to auction.
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Please
contact us if you are offering or know of an upcoming auction
with an emphasis on transferware.
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Enjoy the Most Recent Dishy News
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"No handicraft can with our art compare ...........
....... We make our pots of what we potters are". Read more and see numerous examples in Dishy News - A Transferware Blog. Thanks to blogger Judie Siddall. Link here.
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Bulletin
TCC 2020 Number 1
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The TCC Bulletin Index -- incorporating listings of articles from the Fall 1999 issue through to the most recent issue, Vol.XX No. 3, 2019 -- has been updated as of December 2019. A rich resource! Read it here.
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New Catalogue of Bottle Ovens in the UK and Pomona Pottery
Newcastle-under-Lym
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Thanks to Terry Woolliscroft for providing this listing of all known remaining bottle ovens and kilns in the UK. Terry was instrumental in conducting the project.
Download PDF listing or
link to Terry's blog to view the list.
In addition, Terry has created a new page featuring Bell's Pomona Pottery in Newcastle-under-Lyme, neighboring town to Stoke-on-Trent.
Link to the Pomona Pottery page.
Click on image to see larger version. Photo credits: TCC Image Gallery (top); The Potteries Bottle Oven (Terry Woolliscroft) (bottom).
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Please Help with the Following
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The Database Needs Editors
Do you love a good mystery? Do you fancy yourself to be a Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple? If your answer is "yes", then you are the perfect candidate to join the ranks of TCC Database Detectives!
Download more information.
New Database Discoveries Articles Needed
Please contact the web administrator with suggestions or contributions of future Database Discoveries articles. See Database Discoveries archives.
Contributions Needed for Bulletin
Bulletin editor Richard Halliday is seeking contributions for the upcoming bulletin. Contact Richard, at bulletineditor@transcollectorsclub.org.
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Classified Advertisements
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Sold Through Website Classified Advertisement
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We are now accepting simple classified (not display) advertisements from TCC member transferware dealers as well as non-dealer members. There is no charge for this member service. Following are the criteria:
- Limited to three quality images of item(s) for sale or example(s) of an item(s) you wish to purchase.
- Include a very short description paragraph, including a link to your website and/or email address.
- Dealers must be TCC members, limited to once/year maximum.
- Requests will be processed in the order received, and there is no guarantee as to when your ad will be posted.
- The TCC Web Administrator at his/her discretion has the right to reject inappropriate or inadequate submittals.
To view examples:
http://www.transcollectorsclub.org/classifieds.html
Contact:
webadmin@transcollectorsclub.org
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Featured Books
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Before the days of modern packaging the only vessel available for fetching, storing or serving liquids was the simple jug. Jugs were the staple product of many pottery firms and, since most households would need several, the potential market was vast and there was great competition among the manufacturers.
Link to book.
The Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Ware
British Ironstone China and the related stone china and granite ceramic bodies are as important in their way as English creamwares or indeed bone china itself.
Link to book.
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Featured Articles
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Surprising Spout Prints
Database Discoveries - Contribution # 10 Transferware Collectors Club
April 2013
by DeeDee Dodd
 Every once in a while, when working as an editor in the TCC Pattern and Source Print Database, one is completely surprised. It might be when a marked piece in a pattern surfaces, and it suddenly becomes possible to identify the maker of that pattern. It might be when one finds evidence of copper plates being purchased by one potter at another potter's bankruptcy sale, explaining why the patterns of the two potters appear to be identical. It might be when one finds evidence of a pattern being re-issued under a different name decades after it was originally introduced. Or, as in the case at point in this article, it might be when one finds some unexpected pattern anomalies.
Read more.
'Sawney's Defence': Anti-Catholicism, Consumption and Performance in 18th-Century Britain
This article examines an 18th-century English transfer-printed quart mug, printed with an image derived from a popular anti-Catholic satire from about 1779. The article explores the relationship between object, image and audience, locating the mug within a nexus of Protestant masculine sociability that extended across the social hierarchy. Drawing upon existing forms of printed polemic, the mug shaped and was shaped by extra-Parliamentary political action, primarily in the form of toasting. This opened up possibilities for representation beyond those embedded in print culture, bringing a crucial performative element to an otherwise fixed point of polemical reference.
Read more.
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Clubs and Information Websites & Blogs
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The Spode Society Website
The Spode Society was founded in 1986 to bring together collectors and lovers of Spode, Copeland & Garrett, Copeland and more recent Spode wares in order for members to share the study and enjoyment of the history and products of the Spode factory, its workforce and the Spode and Copeland families.
Visit the site.
Sunderland plaques
19th century lustre plaques are mostly associated with the potteries of Sunderland (Wearside) and Newcastle (Tyneside), in the North East of England. However, plaques were made in Staffordshire, Yorkshire and elsewhere too. Many are unmarked, making attribution difficult. This site has over 1000 images of plaques divided in four categories: Early plaques, Religious, Maritime and Miscellaneous.
View the site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
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Over 60,000 International Visitors Have Enjoyed These Transferware Exhibition Web Sites Co-Sponsored by the TCC!
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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
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Gift Memberships Now Available
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Results of Auctions and Classified Advertisements on the TCC Website and eNews
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