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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
20,015 patterns, 1,190 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
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Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
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Dear TCC Member,
Your membership in the Transferware Collectors Club will expire on December 31, 2025. Members who joined in 2025 and paid by credit card, and checked the box for auto renewal, will have their membership automatically renewed in January of 2026. The membership cost has not changed from last year. When the auto renewal takes place, the member will receive an email confirming that they are now members for 2026.
Members who did not choose to have their membership automatically renewed, can renew on the TCC website. If you are unsure whether you opted in to auto renewal, you can sign into your account on the TCC website and check your status. Also, please be sure your address has been updated if you have recently moved. Renew my membership.
When you renew your membership, we encourage you to consider adding a donation to support the club’s many programs and services like the Database of Patterns and Sources, Bulletins, the Transferware Worldwide Lecture Series, and the Research Grant Program.
Thank you for your continued membership and support of the TCC.
Sincerely,
Jo Anne Jones
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Transferware Collectors Club
A Tour to England including
the Newark Antiques Fair
accompanied by Patricia Halfpenny
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June 2nd - 9th, 2026
Please join us on a ceramic study tour to England where we will visit both public and private collections. This one-week tour will introduce you to some of the most significant collections of earthenware found in and around London and Staffordshire — including special access at private homes and museums that is not possible on your own. We will be accompanied by Patricia Halfpenny, born in Staffordshire, a former curator of ceramics at The Potteries Museum in Stoke for 28 years. Pat then served as Curator of Ceramics & Glass, at Winterthur Museum, retiring with honors as Curator Emerita in 2009. Her invaluable contacts will allow us to draw on the expertise of knowledgeable authorities and collectors who have generously offered to make the best collections available.
Highlights
- Factory tours at Middleport (the oldest working pottery in Staffordshire) and Duchess China 1888 (maker of fine bone china for more than 135 years)
- Handling sessions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Keele Hall’s Mason Raven Collection, Spode Museum, and the V&A East Storehouse
- Treasure- and bargain-hunting at the Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair, as well as shopping opportunities at factory and museum shops
- Evening lectures by Patricia Halfpenny and Dr. Richard Halliday, as well as a ‘Transferware Quiz Night’ for all to enjoy
- Demonstrations by master craftsmen of transfer printing at Spode Museum and hand painting at Duchess China 1888
- Access to two private collections not available to the public
- Visit to the V&A East Storehouse, which opened on 31st May 2025, and houses over 250,000 artifacts, 350,000 books, and 1,000 archives in a four-level complex with 16,000 square meters of floor space
To register, click GO TO ENGLAND to download the full Itinerary and to register and secure your place with a $1,000 per person deposit.
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The Transferware Engraver
Introducing a new book that details the process of engraving a transferware pattern on to a copper-plate. This 272-page soft-back book covers a ten-year quest by the author who recorded the engraving of a new pattern from start to finish, with every line cut and every dot punched throughout its completion. TCC members will get a 50% discount on the book for the first three months, therefore: Until February the 14th. More details.
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The new bulletin (32 pages) is complete and on its way to the printer. Members can download the bulletin in PDF format here, and anyone can download the issue’s sample article here.
The TCC Bulletin Index -- incorporating listings of articles from the Fall 1999 issue through to the most recent issue. A rich resource! Search Index.
The Bulletin editors are seeking contributions for the upcoming bulletin. Contacts: David Hoexter: davidhoexter@icloud.com or Scott Hansen: s.t.hanson@comcast.net
Transferware Collectors Club (TCC) Bulletin writers guidelines: Download writers guidelines
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The Earliest Known Example of Historical Blue Staffordshire by Hayden Goldberg
This is one of four articles authored by transferware collector and researcher Hayden Goldberg and originally published in The Magazine ANTIQUES. This article appeared on pp. 178-182, July, 1981. Courtesy BMP Media Holdings, L.L.C. Each of the four articles is available for download at no cost to the reader. Read more.
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Enoch Wood's Series No. 106 Database Discoveries – Contribution # 9 by Len Kling
Enoch Wood's No.106 Series of European views was probably produced in the early to mid 1830s. Unlike many series of patterns dating from that time, it was not made in a variety of hues, but always in a very attractive two-color combination, a yellow printed border with contrasting floral sprays and central design in brown or black. Yellow, of course, is the rarest of transferware colors, and it follows that items in this series are also uncommon. Read more.
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Landscapes on Welsh Transferware
This is one of six lectures presented at the 2025 TCC conference celebrated the many Landscapes, Real and Imagined, on British Transferware! Jonathan Gray takes us on a tour of Wales through the landscapes and seascapes printed on pottery and porcelain by Welsh factories. Watch video.
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Fox Hunting - The Death
Shown is a pattern known as Fox Hunting - The Death. It is from a series called The Hunting Series. There are 13 patterns from this series in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. For TCC members, this is pattern #18325. The maker of this series is unknown. As a point of interest, notice the large birds in the border. View larger image. See past Patterns of the Month.
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Seasons Greetings from the Transferware Collectors Club!
Indian Scenes and Poinsettias. The brilliant red Poinsettias add a festive touch to the blue and white of these Indian scene transferware pieces. The footbath, chamber pot, and basin are from the Parrot Border Series with views of the Taj Mahal on the first two and of the “Cuttera at Maxadavad” on the third. The Taj Mahal source print is from Charle Ramus Forrest’s A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India. The Cuttera source print is an engraving by George Cooke based on a William Hodges print in John Pinkerton’s A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World. The maker of this series has not been identified by a marked piece. The two-handled covered cup shows the “Gate Leading to a Musjed at Chunar Gar” and is by John Rogers & Son based on a source print in Thomas and William Daniell’s Oriental Scenery. This publication also provided the source print for the view of the “Chalees Satoon at the Fort of Allahabad” on the partially visible unmarked pitcher at the far left. The Daniell’s prints were used by at least seventeen potteries. Credit to Michael Sack’s India on Transferware for the information on the patterns. All these patterns and sources are included in the TCC Database.
Thanks to Scott Hanson for photo and preparing the "Puzzle of the Month."
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A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.
The Progress of the Quartern Loaf on Transferware
I recently purchased a very damaged small teapot with "The Sower" on one side and "The Reaper" on the other. I have long been interested in these patterns because I have entered so many in the database of the Transferware Collectors Club. They are part of a series titled "The Progress of the Quartern Loaf." Read more.
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A Visit to the Jo Anne Jones Transferware Collection
Photos & Video by Scott T. Hanson 2025
First presented November 15, 2025 at the Transferware Collectors Club 2025 Virtual Annual Meeting. Watch Video.
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A Visit with Patricia and Colin Knight
Photos & Video by Scott T. Hanson 2025
First presented November 15, 2025 at the Transferware Collectors Club 2025 Virtual Annual Business Meeting. Watch Video.
| | CLUB & INFORMATION WEBSITES | | |
The Caughley Society
The Caughley Society was formed in 1999. Its aims are to educate the public in the subject of Caughley porcelains, to promote research and study in all matters relating to Caughley porcelain and to disseminate the useful knowledge gained for the public benefit. Visit the site.
Connecticut Ceramics Circle
Membership benefits include:
- Seven monthly lectures from noted ceramics experts via Zoom
- Links to Zoom recordings of lectures
- Monthly Newsletter via email
- Discounted Seminar fee
- Optional membership in the CCC Research Group
- Field trips to galleries, viewing of private collections, and special private museum tours
- Contributors, Patrons and Speaker Sponsors receive special recognition
- Speaker Sponsors are invited to join the Speaker during the Zoom practice session
Visit their site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
| | LECTURE, SYMPOSIA, and MEETING INVITATIONS | | |
The English Ceramics Circle
Black and Blue: New Thoughts on Wedgwood's Portland Vase
Robert Hunter
December 11, 2025, 6pm (UK)
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This lecture discusses research into a recently acquired Wedgwood Portland Vase Trial using a variety of analytic techniques. The vase is compared to previously known examples and related manufacturing evidence. The lecture will also introduce evidence for an early copy of Wedgwood’s “Barberini” Vase that was acquired by the American Charles Drayton for Drayton Hall in Charleston, South Carolina in 1802.
Robert Hunter has over forty years of experience as a professional archaeologist in the research and excavation of colonial-period sites. He has an M.A. (1987) in Anthropology and has pursued further study in the American Studies Ph.D. Program at the College of William and Mary.
In 2001 he became the founding editor of the annual journal, Ceramics in America, published by the Chipstone Foundation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has produced over 22 volumes in the series. He stepped down from the editorship of Ceramics in America in 2023 but continues to research and write on a variety of ceramics topics. and Ron Fuchs will be assuming the position.
Mr. Hunter has lectured widely on ceramics history and has published numerous groundbreaking articles and essays. He has helped institutions and private clients acquire significant European and American ceramic objects for their collections including the British Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, the Chipstone Foundation, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.
Mr. Hunter has curated or co-curated several important exhibitions and is a former board member of the American Ceramic Circle. He is also an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He currently serves as the Guest Curator for The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Southern Ceramics Gallery at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85085143225?pwd=wpLxIbxUPRd99DptaHVR6cfyTS8JWa.1
Passcode:085638
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Connecticut Ceramics Circle
Common Languages, Distinct Accents: Mexican Ceramics in Dialogue at the MFA
Boston and Beyond”
by Lucía Abramovich Sánchez, Carolyn and Peter Lynch Associate Curator
of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
January 12, 2026 via Zoom
Check their website for more details.
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Transferware Collectors Club Worldwide Lecture Series
From Stoke-on-Trent to Tehran: Wedgwood gifts for the court in Iran
Speaker: Fuchsia Hart
January 15, 2026 1PM EST
Save the date, check the TCC website for future updates.
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There are no auctions scheduled at this time.
Please contact us if you know of an auction with an emphasis on transferware.
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The online membership directory is a feature of our new program to improve members services. You must sign in to your account to view and search the directory. Please check your listing and make the appropriate changes in your account or transmit any corrections to the Member Chair. This list is for use of Transferware Collectors Club members only. It is intended to facilitate contacts between members. The list is not to be used for commercial purposes. If you are a current member and believe your name should be on this list please contact the Member Chair. View the directory.
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Please contact us if you have recommendations of
newly published transferware books.
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Has Your Postal Mailing Address Changed?????
If you have moved but are not receiving your quarterly TCC Bulletin, you probably forgot to notify our member chair of your new address (this applies to email address changes also). The bulletin is mailed “bulk” and is not forwarded to new addresses by the USPS. Please notify the member chair directly: membership@transferwarecollectorsclub.org or make the necessary changes to your account online.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
We are now accepting simple classified (not display) advertisements from TCC member transferware dealers as well as non-dealer members and auction houses. 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.
Contact:
webadministrator@transferwarecollectorsclub.org
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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: bulletineditor@transferwarecollectorsclub.org.
| | | LOOKING for a FEW (MORE) DATABASE EDITORS | | Looking for anyone with a passion for the beauty and history of transferware who would like to help record lovely old patterns for a worldwide audience. The Database of Patterns and Sources is maintained by a team of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet. You could be one of them! We're currently looking for editors in Romantic patterns, Literature and Performing Arts, and Tiles, but let us know your interests and we can find a spot for you. Contact Len at otlink@aol.com for more information! | | SEEKING BULLETIN SUBMITTALS | | |
The TCC Bulletin editor seeks submittals to future editions, particularly from first time or occasional authors. We have an extremely knowledgeable member base, yet many of our members seldom or never share their knowledge, at least in printed form. Now is your chance. Bulletin submittals do not need to be extremely technical or lengthy. They just need to be interesting and relate to British transferware! And they need to be accompanied by quality images. We would especially welcome articles from our growing number of archaeologist members.
Don’t fret if you have little experience. We will be pleased to work with you, to formulate your concept and bring your article along. Simply send us your ideas, if that is where you are, or text, even in preliminary form, if you are further along. Please submit in MS Word format, and separately, images in png, pdf or jpeg format. Please do NOT convert to PDF. Don’t worry if this is a problem for you; we’ll work with you to bring your article from preliminary to final, printed, stage, no matter your level of computer and word processes experience. Download the Guidelines.
Suggested topics:
- Your favorite transferware piece, either your own or displayed elsewhere (why is it your favorite?, how did you acquire it?, what is the pattern, maker if known?).
- What is your favorite place to view transferware: museum? stately home? Historic or archaeological site?
- Tell (and show) us your own collection (really good pictures required).
- New discoveries.
- Archaeological sites: overall summary of the excavation as relates to transferware; discuss a particular pattern or piece; context/importance of the transferware.
- In-depth research of a pattern, series, maker.
Contacts:
David Hoexter, Interim TCC Bulletin Co-Editor: davidhoexter@icloud.com
Michael Sack, Interim TCC Bulletin Co-Editor: msack@michaelsack.com
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