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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
19,589 patterns, 1,172 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
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Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
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Date Palm and Royal Barge
Shown is a 15 inch by 11.5 inch platter printed with a pattern known as Date Palm and Royal Barge. The maker of this pattern is unknown. Robert Copeland, in his 2003 Shire book “Blue and White Transfer-Printed Pottery”, illustrates this pattern on a plate, upper right, p. 20. For TCC members, this is pattern #476 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. View larger image. See past Patterns of the Month.
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"Lotus Flower" Platter
This lovely platter is printed with a pattern depicting lotus flowers. It is recorded in the TCC Database as “Fans and Scrolls,” Pattern #10584. No marked pieces or published sources identifying the pattern have been found, so it remains “maker unknown.” Floral and botanical patterns have been popular throughout the history of transferware. This is hardly surprising given the love of gardening among British people. Photo courtesy of eBay seller AestheticAntiques.
Thanks to Scott Hanson for preparing the "Puzzle of the Month."
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Transfer-Printed Ceramic Containers for the Philadelphia Trade
About the speaker: David Hoexter is a nearly retired geologist, with an avid interest in transferware produced to advertise. He is a co-founder of the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a category editor of the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources, and is the group’s Internet Activities Chair.
About the talk: During the 19th century, Philadelphia perfumers and druggists came to dominate the American market for consumer products such as cold cream, ointments, tooth powders, and shaving soaps. David Hoexter will explore the marvelous world of transfer printing on pots and lids made in England for the Philadelphia trade, and the distribution of the products to all parts of the growing United States (including San Francisco!). View video.
The posting is courtesy of the San Francisco Ceramics Circle.
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A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.
A Present from the Staffordshire Potteries
The souvenirs from the Potteries did two things; they not only reminded children that they were remembered (and loved), but they also advertised the Potteries and their wares. See more early 19th century souvenirs from the Potteries.
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2016 Recipient of TCC Research Grant
Bruce Pynn, Canada
Study Title: Canadian Transferware Advertising Pot Lids
Planned Project Completion Date: June 2019
Download PDF (members only) or purchase hardcopy
The deadline for applications has been extended to Fall 2025. Please check back again soon for the new deadline and updated application.
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The TCC's 2025 Spring Conference
Hartford, CT
May 15-18, 2025
Landscapes, Real and Imagined, on British Transferware!
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TCC Transferware Worldwide Lecture Series
July 17th 1PM EDT
Between the Chini Khana and the China Room: The Architectural Reuse of British Transferware in Nineteenth-Century India
Speaker: Heeryoon Shin, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard College
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| |  | Description: nineteenth-century India, blue-and-white transferware from Staffordshire found a new life as affixed ornamentation in palace interiors. Set into walls in original form, or broken into flat, rectilinear pieces to meticulously cover walls, niches, and balconies, British transferware plates and their luminous blue-and-white surface effectively framed gods and kings and created a multisensory experience of space. Taking the two late nineteenth-century sites of Juna Mahal in Dungarpur and Junagadh Fort in Bikaner as points of departure, I explore how the design and materiality of British transferware as well as their display acquired new meaning and purpose in Indian palace spaces. Evoking the tradition of tiled ornamentation and the display of ceramics in the chini khana (“China room”) in India, while also referencing European porcelain rooms, the transferware-covered walls reveal the complex cultural negotiations and material and political aspirations of nineteenth-century India. By examining the Indian reuse of British transferware, this talk complicates the conventional narrative of West looking East and highlights the nonlinear and multidirectional flows of ceramic culture.
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Speaker: Heeryoon Shin, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard College. Heeryoon Shin is Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Bard College, New York. Her current project explores architectural revival, mobility, and cross-cultural exchange in early colonial India through the lens of temple architecture in the pilgrimage city of Banaras. She is also developing a second project on the global circulation of blue and white ceramics and their interaction with local production and use in South Asia.
Check for Zoom link in late June early July.
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TCC Bulletin Latest Issue: 2024 Vol. XXV No. 2
Current issue is available for members to download here. Printed version has been mailed. Free to all is a sample article: An Exceptionally Unusual Leaf Border by David Hoexter.
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: Dan Sousa: dsousa1775@gmail.com or David Hoexter: davidhoexter@icloud.com
Transferware Collectors Club (TCC) Bulletin writers guidelines: Download writers guidelines
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Pottery Recipes Book by Staffordshire Potter Thomas Lakin, by Edward Baines
SECTION I. Receipts for superior and common Bodies of Porcelain, Earthenware, vitrious and porous Bodies, with various coloured Drabs
SECTION II. Receipts for superior and common Glases of Poreelain, Iron Stone, Earthenware, and varioua coloured Drabs
SECTION Ill. Receipts for Enamel Colours, and Colours under Glase, burnished Gold, and Lustres ; printed Blue, Brown, and Mulberry, with various Fluxes, Solutions, and Oxides
SECTION IV. Receipts for preparing Zaffre and Cobalt Blue, with the Processes of Smelting, Refining, and Calcining
SECTION V. Introduction to Painting and Staining GIass
Receipts for Stains and Enamel Colours for Painting Glass, with the Process of Etching and Coating Glass More information.
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Success to America: Creamware for the American Market, by S. Robert Teitelman, Patricia A. Halfpenny, and Ronald W. Fuchs II with essays by Wendell D. Garrett and Robin Emmerson
Life in the early days of the young republic was still very much tied to England and its resources. All those who could afford to do so ordered their creamware sets of dishes and goods from English potters, who were only too happy to produce and decorate the requested images that memorialized Revolutionary War heroes, newly elected presidents, maritime merchants, and patriotic sentiments. One of the largest collection of such creamware items was amassed by the late S. Robert Teitelman. This publication highlights 50 of the pieces in the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur as well as an additional 25 pieces and decorative arts objects from Winterthur collection. Enhanced by essays that address life in the young republic, the Liverpool pottery industry, and the Atlantic maritime trade, the volume features some of the finest examples of the period. More information.
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American Historical Transferware Treasures at the Smithsonian, by Peggy Sutor, et al
On Friday, October 21, 2011, TCC members had the fantastic opportunity to view selected items from the Ellouise Baker Larsen Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. The collection, much more extensive than the 30 pieces we were able to view, was donated by Larsen in 1962. It is rarely on public view. Those fortunate enough to view the collection were attendees of the four-day Annual TCC Conference, which was held in Baltimore. Read the article.
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Antislavery Ceramics
Although only one and a quarter inches in diameter, the medallion’s image of a kneeling slave in chains imploring “Am I Not a Man and a Brother” was the first, most common, and most effective anti-slavery image created by the abolition movement. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade chose it for its seal, and Benjamin Franklin declared that the medallion’s effectiveness in America was “equal to that of the best written Pamphlet, in procuring favour to those oppressed People.” Read more.
| | | CLUB & INFORMATION WEBSITES | | |
The Northern Ceramic Society
Enjoy collecting, or want to know more about ceramics? Join the NCS, a friendly group of fellow enthusiasts. They have meetings, publications, resources for their members. Visit the site.
Oxford Ceramics Group
They cover European pottery and porcelain, mainly from the 17th century to the present day, and also explore links to other cultures. Membership includes; Study Days with lectures, an informative newsletter, guided tours of private and public collections, and a compendium of newsletters, published every three years. Visit the site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
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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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Please contact us if you are interested in placing a classified ad
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:
Dan Sousa, Interim TCC Bulletin Editor: dsousa1775@gmail.com
David Hoexter, Co-Editor: davidhoexter@icloud.com
Michael Sack, Co-Editor: msack@michaelsack.com
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