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In this program, guest presenters TCC Member and Transferware Collector Extraordinaire Nick Routson and TCC Secretary, Ceramic Specialist, and Auction House Professional Heather Cline will share the “ins and outs” of the auction process from two points of view: that of the collector-seller and that of the auction house sales team. Members can access the video here.

Shown is a platter from the “Picturesque Views” series made by Ralph & James Clews (1814-1834). This pattern features “New York from Governors Island”. For TCC members, this is pattern #9167 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. The TCC Database shows 30 patterns from this series in many colors and shapes.

South-East Asia: A Major Export Destination for Bristish Transferware, by Graeme Cruickshank

For most of the 19th century, millions upon millions of items of transfer-printed earthenware made in British factories were exported to virtually every corner of the planet.

Roughly equivalent perspective of the Spode Works, in an undated photo and recent Google Earth image. We’d appreciate any information on the photo.

W.T. Copeland & Sons "KEW" pattern is typically found with the printed mark that was in use c.1867 to 1890. The “Kew” pattern was introduced in 1882, named after the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, near Richmond, London. The pattern was printed on both earthenware and porcelain in several colors including blue, red, brown, and black, sometimes with other colors added by hand as in this example.

2021 Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant Program Recipient.

Jacob Otte, USA
Abstract:  To systematically document the 19th century ceramics, including British transferware, affixed to the walls of the Shrine of Sunan Gunung Jati, the Muslin saint of Cirebon who is popularly credited with Islamization of West Java in the early 16th century. Read pdf. See also TCC Research Grant project in Indonesia at The Smithsonian Museum.

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.

Today I am showing you one of my favorite patterns from the Floral and Botanical category. The Water Lily pattern was originally engraved in 1808 for printing in brown with enamelled decoration. Josiah Wedgwood II gave instructions that it should be removed from display, saying it would be reissued in blue with an altered border. The resulting pattern was one of the finest of the period, and it enjoyed a long life.

Staffordshire Potters 1781-1900, by R. K. Henrywood

The Italian Pattern: The story of an iconic 19th century transferware design, by Richard Halliday

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

Alongside the continued enhancement of its online catalogue the Minton Archive website has grown to include submissions from other contributors, deep dives into specific areas of the collection, and updates from special projects. In Depth is where they bring all this together. Click and Enjoy!