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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
19,739 patterns, 1,177 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
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Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
| | The TCC is excited to announce plans for its 2026 England Tour scheduled for June 1-7, 2026. The tour will visit London, York, the famous Newark Fair, and Staffordshire Region Potteries and Museums: Middleport Pottery, Spode Museum Trust, Wedgwood Museum and Factory, and the renown Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. Click here for a preview of activities planned for each day. | | |
Between the Chini Khana and the China Room: The Architectural Reuse of British Transferware in Nineteenth-Century India
by Heeryoon Shin, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard College
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, she explores 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.
This video of the recent lecture in the Transferware Worldwide Lecture Series by Heeryoon Shin is now available for viewing and reviewing to TCC members. Watch video.
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"British Cattle" pattern
Shown is the “British Cattle” pattern printed on a Stilton Cheese Stand. The maker is unknown, although it is possibly Bourne, Baker, and Bourne (ca. 1805-1830) or Bourne, Baker, and Baker (1834-1835). For TCC members, this is pattern #3101. View larger image. See past Patterns of the Month.
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Enoch Wood & Sons “Siam” Pattern
This lovely polychrome pattern was printed in black with the colors applied by hand at the Enoch Wood & Sons pottery in Burslem, Staffordshire. They were in business from 1818 to 1846. The TCC Daatabase has a plate in the same pattern with a “Copeland, Late Spode” printed mark and an impressed mark that dates to 1890 or later (pattern 2733). This suggests the pattern remained popular for many decades. It is, of course, possible other potteries made it as well. The Database has nine other patterns with the name “Siam” in a range of designs but no others matching this one. Siam was the colonial era name for Thailand. Photo courtesy of ebay seller: Cobblestone Glass and Porcelain.
Thanks to Scott Hanson for preparing the "Puzzle of the Month."
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Transferware Symmetry
A beautiful display of an overall floral sheet pattern with painted gold background, first produced by Spode ca. 1812. This pattern is Convolvulus (also known as Sunflower), #3438 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. Can anyone identify the pattern on the foot bath, below? Photographed at a TCC member home during our 2012 Seattle, WA meeting. 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.
Transferware Posy or Pouch Vase
The antiques dealer told me it was a posy vase. I learned it is also know as a puch vase. The shape looked a bit formal for a posy, but I liked it. Read more.
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2022 Recipient of TCC Research Grant
Jewell Lorenz Dunn, USA
Study Title: Advancing the History of Yellow Transfer Printing on Brown Earthenware. Phase I: Assembling evidence to support the attribution of pieces of yellow transferware on brown earthenware to specific Staffordshire manufacturers YPB Download pdf.
The 2025 deadline for research grant applications will be in the fall. Please check back again soon for the new deadline and updated application.
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Current issue is available for members to download here. Printed version will be mailed shortly. Free to all is a sample article: Medieval Chinoiserie?
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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Queensware Direct from the Potteries U. S. Importers of Staffordshire Ceramics in Antebellum America: 1820 - 1860, by John A. Walthall
This 2015 Revised and Expanded Edition, written by an archaeologist, concerns the use of underglaze U. S. importers marks on Staffordshire pottery made during the American Antebellum Period (1820-1860). More information.
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Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Ware, by Geoffrey A. Godden
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. Initially, the ironstone-type bodies were introduced to emulate, rival and undersell the vast and popular importations of Oriental porcelains. Not only did the ironstone manufacturers succeed in this ideal but they progressed to take over the trade. More information.
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Blue-Printed Pickle Dishes and Milseys With a Social and Historical Commentary by Richard Halliday
In this excellent publication, Richard Halliday documents the outstanding and one-of-a-kind collection of the late Robin Greeves and provides an interesting social and historical perspective for these two often misunderstood forms of transfer-printed Staffordshire pottery. Richard's study includes a discussion of the role of "pickles" on 18th and 19th century English tables, a review of how pickle dishes and milseys were used, and a comprehensive and well-organized catalog of patterns and shapes. Read more.
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Copper Plate Engraving: Process Documentation by Richard Halliday
This article is from the talk given by Richard Halliday to the Transferware Collectors Club during the 2016 meeting in Charlottesville, VA. This part of his research has been to document the process of engraving a copper plate from start to finish. This has never been documented before. This was of prime importance to him to preserve a record of the skills, before it is too late. Read more.
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The Spode Society
The Spode Society was founded in 1986 to bring together collectors, museums and all lovers of Spode, Copeland and Garrett, Copeland and more recent Spode wares; to promote, share and study the history and products of the Spode factory, its workforce and the Spode and Copeland families. Visit the site.
The Tea Leaf Club International
The Tea Leaf Club is dedicated to the study and collection of Tea Leaf Ironstone China and its Variants, produced in England and America from the mid-19th century through the early 1900s. The Club boasts hundreds of members from almost every state in the union, as well as from Canada, who collect, study, love, and appreciate the simple beauty and endurance of Tea Leaf Ironstone China. Visit the site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
| | LECTURE, SYMPOSIA, and MEETING INVITATIONS | | |
There are no lectures at this time.
Please contact us if you know of any with an emphasis on transferware.
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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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For Sale: Transferware Reference Books for Sale
Extensive library for sale. See attached list (note, the list will not be updated as items are sold). Contact Dick & Judy Wagner: bygones@frontier.com or 541-756-1506 for availability and to order.
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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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