Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:

We're pleased to send you this edition of our eNewsletter to give you the latest club news informing you of up-coming club activities and interesting new content on our web site and our Facebook page. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and input; email the TCC Web Content Administrator webadministrator@transferwarecollectorsclub.org.

Join the TCC and take full advantage of our many available services and features.

Several months ago, the Board voted to create a search committee to identify potential candidates for the roles of president and vice-president. We are still seeking at least one more member who would be willing to serve on this committee. If you have any interest in helping with this, please contact me directly at s.t.hanson@comcast.net.

Thank you!

Scott

Important collection of Swansea transferware

Hawleys Auctioneers

September 26-28, 2026

Hawleys Auctioneers in the UK will be offering for sale an important and extensive collection of Swansea transfer-printed pottery in their September sale, 26th – 28th. The collection was assembled over a great many years by Mr Williams of Newbury, UK. It includes many favorites such as Women with Baskets, Longbridge, Pulteney Bridge, and more. The collection comprises of both black and blue transferware and has many difficult-to-find named landscape prints. View their catalogue.

Please contact us if you know of an auction with an emphasis on transferware.

2019 Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant Program Recipient. 

British Transferware Patterns for Table and Toilet Service in Nineteenth-Century Homes in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Historical archeologist 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. Download PDF available to TCC members.

Swansea’s Printed Wares: A Re-Assessment, by Jonathan Gray

Founded in 1764, the Swansea (later to be renamed Cambrian) Pottery was in production for more than 100 years before closing in 1870. For the majority of this period, certainly the eighty years after 1790, printed wares were to be an important feature of the factory's output. Certainly after the production and decoration of Swansea porcelain had ceased in 1824/6, printed wares were the main, and at times, the only output of the firm. More information.

Swansea's Cambrian Pottery Public & Private Commemorative Printed Wares, by Arleen and Grahame Tanner

Very little has been written about the commemorative ware of the Cambrian Pottery, Swansea; the most informative lecture and subsequent paper was by P.D.Pryce in 1972. In general terms it seems that public commemorative pieces produced by the Cambrian Pottery tended to be early in date whilst the private commemorative pieces are of a later date. More information.

Gleaners



The pattern is known as Gleaners. It was made by Henshall & Co. (1790-1828). For TCC members, this is pattern #947 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources.

View larger image. See past Patterns of the Month.

Thanks to Judie Siddall for preparing the "Pattern of the Month."

Wedgwood "Chesnut" Pattern

Play puzzle. See past Puzzles of the Month.

Thanks to Scott Hanson for preparing the "Puzzle of the Month."

"Pittsfield Elm" in Sacramento, CA

A group of TCC members visited the California Department of Parks and Recreation Archaeology Unit laboratory in West Sacramento, California, in 2009. We assisted the state park archaeologists in identifying a wide range of transferware dating throughout the19th century, all unearthed from various park sites. Just one of the highlights was an almost complete assembled “Winter View of Pittsfield, Mass” (aka “Pittsfield Elm”) plate. TCC members can learn more about this iconic pattern in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. See larger image. See past Photos of the Month.

Thanks to David Hoexter for preparing the "Photo of the Month."

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.

Skunks on Transferware

A few years ago I purchased a partial dinner service called "Zoological Sketches" made by Job Meigh & Son in Staffordshire around 1830. Job Meigh wanted to capitalize on the zoo craze that was sweeping Great Britain after the opening of the London Zoological Gardens in 1828. Read more.

TCC Research Grant Project in Indonesia

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC recently launched the online exhibition Beyond Rumi: Sufi Art and Practice. The exhibition uses several images from a survey of the architecturally used ceramics at the mausoleum of Sunan Gunung Jati by TCC-member Jaap Otte, who received a TCC Research Grant for the project in 2021. An exciting example of how the TCC is able to benefit a major museum as well as the general public. Link to Jaap Otte report.



For more information about the ceramics of Sunan Gunung Jati visit the exhibition's The Ceramics of Teak Hill.

Beyond Rumi: Sufi Art and Practice focuses on eight sites from Morocco to Indonesia that flourished after the thirteenth century and uses various multimedia resources to highlight the sensory dimensions of Sufism and its wide-ranging forms of artistic expression. The intent is to provide students, teachers, and interested individuals with a different and accessible introduction to the complexity of Sufi Islam.

The American Ceramic Circle

The American Ceramic Circle (ACC) creates and supports a community for the appreciation and study of ceramics of all kinds, periods, and origins. Its purpose is to promote scholarship and research in the history, use, and preservation of ceramics. The current active membership is composed of ceramics enthusiasts from many walks of life, including museum professionals, collectors, institutions, auction house professionals, and dealers in ceramics. 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. View the site.

Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.

Furnivals Pottery Group

This Facebook group is for collectors of Furnivals pottery, or for anyone interested in learning more about the company and the wide range of designs which they produced between the 1840's and the 1960's. Please feel free to post pictures of your collections and to share any stories or information which you may have about this lesser-known Staffordshire company. Visit the site.

Gladstone Pottery Museum

Gladstone's History was created to recognise the remarkable achievements of Gladstone Working Pottery Museum following the dramatic rescue of a derelict potbank from the bulldozer in March 1971. The museum was fully opened to the public on 24th April 1975. Visit the site.

Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.

San Francisco Ceramic Circle

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Annual Member’s Meeting and Pot Night

San Francisco Towers 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Annual business meeting, report from the Fine Arts Museums and member’s show and tell.

Wedgwood International Seminar

Friday, October 9, 2026

“An Earthen Ware In The Antique Stile”. This title is a quote from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1787.

Diane Ehrenpreis, Curator of Decorative Arts and Historical Interiors, Monticello.



Diane Ehrenpreis, Curator of Decorative Arts and Historical Interiors, will explore Thomas Jefferson’s fascination with Josiah Wedgwood’s innovative industrial enterprise and the important role Wedgwood ceramics played both in his public life and at Monticello. Spanning the years from Jefferson’s 1772 marriage to Martha Wayles Skelton through his retirement, the presentation will trace changing tastes at Monticello, including the eventual rise of competing wares on the dining table. Special attention will be given to Jefferson’s use of Wedgwood furnishing tablets within an Etruscan-inspired decorative scheme at Monticello, a design movement only recently identified by scholars. Drawing on Jefferson’s letters, account books, libraries, and compelling archaeological and architectural evidence uncovered beneath the earth, layers of paint, and later alterations, this fascinating talk will reveal new insights into the intersection of style, commerce, and daily life in Jefferson’s world.

Additional information about the Zoom lecture will be sent in September. You can always find information on the WIS FaceBook page, Instagram, and the WIS Website.

For general questions: wedgwoodinternationals@gmail.com

San Francisco Ceramic Circle

Sunday, October 11, 2026, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. pst 

Virginians and Their Dishes: Ceramic Highlights from the Greater Williamsburg Area

and the People Who Owned Them

Angelika Kuettner, Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Colonial Williamsburg. A Double Lecture in conjunction with the American Decorative Arts Forum.

In person at the Gunn Theater and virtual via Zoom.

For general questions: sfceramiccircle@gmail.com

Transferware Collectors Club Worldwide Lecture Series

The Masons' Ironstone China Phenomenon and the Raven Mason Collection 
Speaker: Deborah Skinner

SAVE THE DATE

Thursday, January 14th, 2027 - 1PM EDT

Please contact us if you know of any lectures with an emphasis on transferware.

2026 Vol. XXVII No. 1

Please contact us if you know of an auction with an emphasis on transferware.

Please contact us if you have recommendations of newly published transferware books.

Has Your Postal Mailing Address Changed?????

If you have moved but are not receiving your printed 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.

The online membership directory is accessible to members on our website. 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 will ensure that you will continue to receive the paper copies of the Bulletin. With bulk mailing, they are not forwarded if a member has moved. However, the Bulletins are available on the TCC website for current members. This online membership directory 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.

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!

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: 

1. 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?). 
2. What is your favorite place to view transferware: museum? stately home? Historic or archaeological site?
3. Tell (and show) us your own collection (really good pictures required).
4. New discoveries.
5. Archaeological sites: overall summary of the excavation as relates to transferware; discuss a particular pattern or piece; context/importance of the transferware.
6. 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