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Did Benjamin Franklin invent transferware? by Wendy W. Erich

Database Discoveries #11 - Don’t Believe Everything You Read on that Plate by Len Kling

2018 TCC Research Grant Recipient 

Michael Escolme, UK 

Study Title: The Spode Blue Room: An Introduction Study

Abstract: To write a printed pocket-sized paperback and extended hardback guide to the Spode Blue Room collection. (Download PDF for members)

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.

I was always curious about an Enoch Wood (1818-1846) pattern, "Cape Coast Castle On The Gold Coast Africa." It is part of a series known as the Irregular Shell Border Series, which mainly includes American and British views. Read more.

Dated In Blue: Underglaze Blue Painted Earthenware 1776 - 1800 by Lois Roberts

A Guide to Mason’s Patent Ironstone Patterns c1813 to c1848, A Mason’s Collectors’ Club Publication editor Malcolm Lewin

Spode China Biscuit Hovel There are thousands of images available for perusal within the TCC website Image Gallery: https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/annex/image-gallery/ This example shows a 1969 image from within the Spode factory in Stoke on Trent. Sadly, it is no longer standing, as seen in the second photo, a recent Google Earth image. Nevertheless, there is much to see at the Spode site, which we will visit during our 2026 England tour.

This is one of six lectures presented at the 2025 TCC conference celebrated the many Landscapes, Real and Imagined, on British Transferware! In this lecture, Len Kling introduces us to bat-printed landscapes and waterscapes on early 19th century British porcelain.

This cabinet filled with a wide variety of Aesthetic Movement transferware patterns in brown and black is located in a San Francisco house of the Victorian era – decorated in the Aesthetic style. The Aesthetic Movement in Britain (c. 1860 – c. 1900) aimed to transform the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age by focusing instead on producing art that was beautiful without needing a deeper meaning, Art for Art's sake.

David Lawson and Ian Lowes throw two huge garden pots at super fast speed with great music at the factory of Errington Reay, Barton Mill, near Hexham, Northumberland, England. Ian uses the original fork lift to move the pots to the drying area. The original founders, Errington and Reay, established their pottery at Bardon Mill in 1878. The pots are thrown, and when dry, fired in a coal fired downdraught kiln and salt glazed. Watch Video

Shown for Thanksgiving is a pattern known as Turkey and Other Birds from the Ornithological Series, by an unknown maker. The pattern appears on a shaped dish and a large jug (with an eagle on the other side of the jug). For TCC members, they are pattern #3325 and pattern #7188, respectively, in the Database of Patterns and Sources.

SAVE THE DATES: Transferware Collectors Club A Tour to England including the Newark Antiques Fair accompanied by Patricia Halfpenny

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. More details.

Featuring over 400 historical pieces from notable collections, including Rex and Patti Stark, Roger Behren, Jesse and Carol Goldberg, and Robert and Patsy Hassert. View larger images.

On the first Friday of every month their archive team selects a special piece of artwork from the Minton company catalogue’s Art & Design section and highlights it on this blog. Click and Enjoy!