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from 1760 to 1900

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JOIN THE TRANSFERWARE COLLECTORS CLUB IN PHILADELPHIA FOR OUR SPRING ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 26-28, 2024!

Philadelphia and the Transferware Connection: 100 years of British Transferware History and Style

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Register Now for the spring Annual Meeting in historic Philadelphia, April 26–28, 2024! The meeting will be held in Philadelphia at the Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square, and it will include a day visit to the Winterthur Museum and Gardens on Saturday, April 27th. The lectures and activities planned for this meeting will highlight Philadelphia’s rich history related to both the decorative use and utilitarian consumption of British transfer-printed wares, patterns, sources, and stylistic trends. The meeting will also include the always popular Transferware Raffle and the Transferware Dealer Sale. More information

You can either register for the meeting online and pay with credit card through a secure website set up by our event planner (Online Registration), or you can complete the fillable PDF, print it out, and mail it in with your check in US dollars (Mail-in Registration) to the event planner (not to TCC). Information for reserving a hotel room at the event hotel in included on both the online registration form and on the mail-in form. Hotel reservations must be made by meeting participants through the hotel link provided, and we encourage making your hotel arrangements as soon as possible.

Note: to register for the meeting, you must be a TCC member. Join or renew your membership at the “TCC Membership” link below and then proceed to register.

 

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News & Features

Recorder News
Recorder News 46

We have some major finds in two series of British views, a new pattern from literature, a common but interesting “Wild Rose” platter, notes on a couple of decorative techniques which we have not covered before, and a mark with a problem. Read more.

Transferware News
Artist Lisa SantaMaria

Artist Lisa SantaMaria (“Sam and Tilly”) uses transferware shards to craft bespoke jewelry. Learn more and see examples of her beautiful work. Download samples.

Pattern of the Month
Wedgwood's Months series

Shown is a 6 inch tile made by Josiah Wedgwood (1759-2005). It is part of the Wedgwood's Months series. For TCC members, this pattern #17413.

Feature Video
OVERGLAZE PRINTING ON ENGLISH POTTERY 1750-1800
OVERGLAZE PRINTING ON ENGLISH POTTERY 1750-1800 Lecturer: Robin Emmerson, Freelance Decorative Arts Curator, Shrewsbury, England
Photo of the Month
Just a Few Broken Plates

Excavation at the Spode Works in Stoke-on-Trent. Just one example of several thousand images related to the pottery industry and transferware available for download from the TCC website Image Gallery: https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/annex/image-gallery/

Feature Grant Recipient
Jewell Lorenz Dunn, Study Title:Advancing the History of Yellow Transfer Printing on Brown Earthenware

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.

Feature Article
JAMES, RALPH & ANDREW STEVENSON POTTERS OF COBRIDGE

JAMES, RALPH & ANDREW STEVENSON POTTERS OF COBRIDGE, Pat Halfpenny

This article is adapted from a presentation given at an NCS meeting in March 2019. New information arising following the meeting has been included. This is the story of the life and work of three brothers, James, Ralph & Andrew Stevenson. Read article.

Puzzle of the Month
Philadelphia in April!

Philadelphia was a popular subject for transferware throughout the 19th century. Many American Historical views represent the city and its surrounds, like the two blue plates included here: Fair Mount Near Philadelphia by Joseph Stubbs (1822-1834) and The Dam and Water Works, Philadelphia by Henshall, Williamson & Co. (1790-1828). 

Research Grants
Research Grant

The Transferware Collectors Club, a US-based international non-profit organization dedicated to the study of British transfer-printed ceramics, is pleased to welcome applications for the 2024 Transferware Collectors Club Research Grant Program for the study of British Transferware. Download application. Learn more and view past recipients.

Dishy News
Milkmaide

Judie says, "One of my favorite transferware patterns is "The Milkmaid." To me it embodies 19th century rural England. Probably more myth than reality. The pattern was popular, and it was made by many factories. For example, the Transferware Collectors Club database shows 15 milkmaid patterns made by different manufacturers. Read more on her blog.

New Book
Historical Guide to Advertising Pot Lids, Update Including a Guide to Beauty Pots

This recent publication is more an extensive supplement, than an update, providing over 480 new advertising examples and a new section on beauty pots to supplement the 8,000 plus images and detailed backgrounds of over 600 companies which were featured in the original publication. A review of the book will be included in the next TCC bulletin.

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