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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
19,142 patterns, 1,147 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
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Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
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We held a virtual member meeting on Sunday, October 27, 2024. It included a visit to the Judie Siddall and David Hoexter Collection, a Brief Business Meeting, and a reprise of Adrienne Bogg's wonderful presentation exploring of the stylistic elements of Aesthetic transferware in "The Aesthetic Movement Comes to America: Art for Art’s Sake and the House Beautiful Introduced at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition." The meeting was recorded and members will be able to view the video recordings under the TCC Sponsored Videos.
Apologies to those who tried to log into the live meeting and had difficulties. The entire meeting can be viewed now on the website.
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2024 TCC GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED | |
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The Transferware Collectors Club is pleased to announce the 2024 research grant recipients. They are:
Jerry Smith Solano Calderon, Peru
Identifying British transferware in South America: A case study from the Monumental Zone of the City of Trujillo, Peru
Lyle Paton, Australia
British Transferware imported into North Queensland Australia 1887-1891 for the Cairns Herberton railway construction
Brenda Bruno, Argentina
Cataloguing and Analysis of Archaeological British Transferware in Rosario, Argentina (18th-20th Century)
Read their research abstracts
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EDUCATION COMMITTTEE REPORT | |
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Transferware Worldwide Lecture Series 2024.
Chair: Neil Ewins
Committee members: Leslie Lambour Bouterie, Corey Heyward Sattes, Loren Zeller,
Jaap Otte
The 2024 lecture programme featured:
January 18 2024, Anne Anderson, The Morse Collection of Historical ‘Old Blue’ Staffordshire at the American Antiquarian Society.
April 18, 2024, Dr. David Barker, Transfer-printed wares that missed the boat: ceramic finds from Manchester Dock, Liverpool
July 18, 2024, Guest presenters: Collector Nick Routson and Ceramic Specialist Heather Cline; Discussion Moderator: Leslie Lambour Bouterie, Unraveling the Mysteries of Selling One’s Collection at Auction: Two Perspectives.
For 2025, we have, thus far booked a January 16, 2025 presentation by Pat Halfpenny entitled: A Staffordshire View of Philadelphia. Presenters for April 10, 2025, and July 17, 2025, are currently being approached.
Read the full report
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MELLORS & KIRK
November 5, 2024 from 10am
Transferware begins at lot 320.
Featuring the extensive Don Pottery (and other makers) collection of J.D. and D.A.Griffin, and children’s ware from the collection of author Richard Dennis (Gifts for Good Children).
View their site: Mellors & Kirk
Please contact us if you know of an auction with an emphasis on transferware.
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Birds of Prey
Shown is a platter known as Birds of Prey. It is from the Ornithological Series by an unknown maker. The large birds are an eagle and a vulture. For TCC members, this is pattern #17928. The TCC Database of Patterns and sources includes 21 additional patterns from this series. View larger image. See past Patterns of the Month.
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Thanks to Judie Siddall for preparing the "Pattern of the Month." | |
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"Star" Pattern Platter
This interesting platter from the Judie Siddall and David Hoexter collection appears at first glance to be a simple repetitive sheet pattern but upon closer inspection reveals itself to be a borderless design from a copper plate engraved specifically for this size platter. Identified as likely produced by Minton, c. 1810, in “An Illustrated Guide to Minton Printed Pottery 1796-1836” by Geoffrey Priestman. He suggests the pattern is likely the “Star” pattern included in Minton’s 1810 inventory of copper plates. As seen in a 8.5 in. plate illustrated by Priestman, other pieces in the pattern have similarly composed designs, with a ring of flowers at the outer edge and a second ring of flowers surrounding one, two, or three flowers at the center depending on the width of the piece. Small plates and dishes only have one ring of flowers around a single central flower.
You can see this platter and hundreds of other pieces from this collection in this month’s Video of the Month: “A Visit to the Judie Siddall and David Hoexter Collection.”
You can see this platter and hundreds of other pieces from this collection in this month’s Video of the Month: “A Visit to the Judie Siddall and David Hoexter Collection.”
Thanks to Scott Hanson for preparing the "Puzzle of the Month."
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Sherd Pattern Identification | |
We’re working on a new pattern identification feature for the Database of Patterns and Sources (DB)! This exciting development will use AI to identity patterns from recovered transferware sherds and of course complete pieces as well. Needless to say, the pattern will have to already be in the DB. If you possess a pattern which is not yet in the DB, please send it to the Database Editor Len Kling at otlink@aol.com See larger image. See past Photos of the Month. | |
Thanks to David Hoexter for preparing the "Photo of the Month." | |
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Visit to the Judie Siddall and David Hoexter Collection.
TCC President Scott Hanson has prepared another of his video collection visits for this year's virtual meeting. He visited Judie Siddall and David Hoexter in their beautiful Palo Alto, CA, home to see and record their large and varied transferware collection. You'll hear them talk about the collection and about their 25 years of dedicated service to the Transferware Collectors Club - which they founded along with Norman Wolfe and David and Linda Arman. You might even get to meet their cats, Bentlee and Markiz! Watch video.
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A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall
Enoch Wood & Sons Sporting Series
This is a sauce boat pattern in the TCC database. It featured a reindeer, and was part of Enoch Wood & Sons (1818-1846) dinner service known as the Sporting Series. Read more.
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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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LECTURE, SYMPOSIA, and MEETING INVITATIONS | |
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The English Ceramic Circle
14th November 2024 at 6pm UK
A Potted History of Britain
Dr Julian Richards
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The story of Britain’s ceramic history spans 6000 years from the first pots created by early Neolithic farmers to 21st century high tech applications. It’s a story of technological innovation, of changes in society and taste and of pioneering and driven individuals. In the new ceramics gallery at Salisbury Museum, sub-titled ‘A Potted History of Britain’, Dr Julian Richards has tried to illustrate this long, complex and fascinating history using objects from the museum’s own collections augmented by loans from other museums and individuals. In this talk he will introduce the gallery and the ideas behind it as well as some of the frustrations at not being able to source some of the pots that he would dearly have loved to have exhibited.
Dr Julian Richards BA FSA is by training and profession an archaeologist with a speciality in British prehistory and particularly Stonehenge. He also has a long-standing fascination with ceramics of all periods, in particular the products of the Arts and Crafts movement. Julian has curated temporary and travelling museum exhibitions relating to Stonehenge in both the UK and abroad with this gallery his first foray into ceramics. As a broadcaster he presented ‘Meet the Ancestors’ and ‘Blood of the Vikings’ on BBC television and ‘Mapping the Town’ on BBC Radio 4. Julian teaches and lectures widely on a range of subjects and is an Arts Society accredited lecturer.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88667192058?pwd=y0ySmlkeEeHDPF9FpCoySybfS08Vzu.1
Passcode: 203589 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k234UR2sC
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TCC's Transferware Worldwide Lecture Series
Thursday, January 16, 2025 1PM EST
A Staffordshire View of Philadelphia
Speaker: Pat Halfpenny, Curator Emerita, Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur Museum
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Plate printed with a view of The Bank of the UNITED STATES Philadelphia
Joseph Stubbs, c.1820
www.americanhistoricalstaffordshire.com
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Pat Halfpenny, Curator Emeritus of Ceramics and Glass, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, will discusse the scenes of Philadelphia found on printed pottery and the Staffordshire manufacturers who produced them. While the focus will be on the dark blue prints of the 1820s, there will be reference to later Romantic Staffordshire with Philadelphia themes, concluding with a brief look at polychrome printed pieces.
Virtual via Zoom
Join the Zoom Meeting. Members, please check your email in early January for the Zoom link to this lecture. Non-members are also welcome to view future Transferware Worldwide lectures: simply provide your email address to receive the Zoom links and news and information about future TCC programming.
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TCC Bulletin
Our next bulletin issue is currently being composed and hopefully will be available this month.
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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2019 Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant Program Recipient.
Sandra Guillermo's British Transferware Patterns for Table and Toilet Service in Nineteenth-Century Homes in Buenos Aires (Argentina): A systematic study to understand fashion and consumer tastes
Project Title: A Systematic Study to Understand Fashion and Consumer Tastes for British Transferware Patterns Printed on Table and Toilet Services in 19th century Homes in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Abstract: A study of British transferware found in Buenos Aires museums and archaeological collections to identify the patterns and shapes used for various purposes in the 19th century homes of Buenos Aires. The objective of this work is to gain a better understanding of consumer tastes and to determine whether or not they paralleled European cycles of fashion.
Contribution to the field of transferware studies: The research will expand the knowledge of British transferwares exported to the Buenos Aires area of South America, the potteries that produced and marketed them, and how the wares were used. View Completed Project available to TCC members.
All grant applications must be received by May 4 of the year the request is made. Learn more.
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Useful Thomas and Ralph Wedgwood – beginning a new appreciation, by Pat Halfpenny
Pat writes, "Many authors have written about Ralph Wedgwood, often dismissing him as a reluctant and inefficient potter – I am one of them. However, with the advent of digital resources that offer access to more original source material and the emergence of an increasing number of superior ceramics with Ralph Wedgwood’s marks, it seems an appropriate time to review his place in ceramic history. This paper is intended to be a starting point for that review and is presented in three main parts. First there is a brief history of Useful Thomas and Ralph Wedgwood, followed by an examination of the volume titled W. & Co Ferrybridge – Shape & Pattern Book, and lastly a discussion of some wares produced by Ralph Wedgwood." Read more.
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#20 - Ways to Fit the Transfer Pattern Onto the Ware, by Connie Rogers
Imagine the dilemma the transferer faces when the engraving at hand is not large enough to cover the entire center of the platter being decorated. Perhaps the managers of the pottery did not think it was worth the expense of cutting a larger engraving because the platter was larger than ordinarily used in the standard dinner set. There were several ways this could be remedied. One solution to the problem was to add another layer of the border. An oblong shape platter 25.75 x 22 inches is shown in Figure 1, with the impressed maker’s name, J. F. Wileman, Fenton, Staffordshire, in Figure 2 (Database pattern ID# 14772)*. Read more.
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Extraordinary British Transferware 1780-1840, by R. and R. Halliday
A Review by Judie Siddall:
"Extraordinary British Transferware: 1780-1840 illustrates more than 300 unusual patterns and shapes that delight the eye and the brain of both the casual and informed collector of transfer-printed pottery. Richard and Rosemary Halliday, transferware collectors, researchers, and dealers, have photographed beautifully and written in luscious detail about each piece of pottery. The photography is excellent and the writing even possibly better. The book proves to be more than a picture book. It focuses on the unusual, but is really a smorgasbord of transferware. And, like a smorgasbord, there is a taste for everyone." More info.
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Ynysmeaudwy and the Williamses, by Mike Trew
This is the tale of a small potworks begun and run by a family of Cornishmen in a bleak outpost of the upper Swansea valley. Right from the start, its relative isolation from the other Swansea potteries ensured it an air of mystery which, in the years following its demise, assumed an almost mythical status. This book not only describes the contribution made by Ynysmeudwy to our cenamics heritage but adds a human touch by revealing what the Williamses were about, where they came from and where they went to. More info.
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CLUB & INFORMATION WEBSITES | |
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American Ceramic Circle
The American Ceramic Circle (ACC) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit educational organization committed to the study and appreciation of ceramics. Its purpose is to promote scholarship and research in the history, use, and preservation of ceramics of all kinds, periods, and origins. Visit the site.
THE ANTIQUE POT LID COLLECTOR
The Antique Pot Lid Collector was created by John Foumakis and David Treloar, specialist collectors who have a very broad knowledge in Antiques, Fine Arts and Collectables spanning a total of over 100 years. John specialises in muti-coloured printed pots and lids commonly referred to as Pratt types and David specialises in advertising pots and lids. Visit the site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
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A Membership List updated on March 31, 2024 is now available (for members only and only for non-commercial use). Download now. Please review your entry on the list, and notify us of any changes in your contact information. | |
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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
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MORE ABOUT TRANSFERWARE COLLECTORS CLUB | |
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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.
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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 | |
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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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