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Lecturer: Gaye Blake-Roberts

Gaye Blake-Roberts’ presentation at the TCC 2019 Annual Meeting in Birmingham, AL explores the development of the transfer printing process for pottery in Great Britain and it’s dramatic effect on the industry. 

Shown is a 5.5 inch plate with a shell edge border. It is, obviously, printed with a cuckoo pattern. For TCC members, this is pattern #4817 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources.

H&R Daniel Earthenwares, by John and Jeannette Simpson, with Brian Smith and Bryan Beardmore

The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of British Willow Ware, by Connie Rogers

2024 Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant Program Recipient. 

by Brenda Bruno, Argentina Read article.

All grant applications must be received by May 1 of the year the request is made. Learn more.

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.

One of my readers was hoping to see some transferware March patterns. Here are a few, starting with a Wedgwood plate.

The Mysterious Mr. Marshall Plagiarist Extraordinaire by Dick Henrywood

The influence of Jean-Baptiste Pillement’s art on ceramics by Loren Zeller

Transferware is often excavated at former plantation sites. This image is from an exhibit at Monticello. Note the sherd in the lower left corner. The TCC Database of Patterns and Sources (DB) includes 108 results when searching the keyword “sunflower”. There does not appear to be a credible match with this sherd pattern, although the DB does include a number of very similar patterns.

This photo was taken in a Taos, New Mexico, antique shop in 2018. Among the items in the case are a chamber set in Minton’s “Botanical” pattern, a rare leg bath form in Minton’s “English Scenery” series, and a puzzle jug in an unidentified pattern.

Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates will present the Eleanor and David Gestler Ceramics Collection in our Winter Americana auction held March 4, 5, and 6. The Gestlers were long-time members of the TCC and assembled a diverse collection of transferware and other British ceramics. Staffordshire starts at Lot 1448, and the Gestler offerings will occur on March 5.

Visit jeffreysevans.com for more information.

Students at the The Potteries campus will be engaging in a week long artist’s residency at The Potteries Centre, Hanley in collaboration with the artist and educator Neil Brownsword. The residency will look at the one of North Staffordshire’s most iconic and globally recognised ceramic designs.

The residency will result in an exhibition at the Potteries Centre on the 23rd February - 1st March.

All grant applications must be received by May 1st.

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 2026 Transferware Collectors Club Richards Research Grant Program for the study of British Transferware. Download application. Learn more and view past recipients.

We are pleased to announce that our transferware tour to England, from June 2nd to 9th, is now fully booked. Interested parties can place their names on a wait list by emailing Meg MacDonald at meg@travelmuse.net or by calling (617) 480-0250. To download a tour itinerary, click here: https://tri.ps/YJPKy