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from 1760 to 1900

TCC welcomes everyone who shares our love for the beauty and technical proficiency of British transferware including Blue and White, Staffordshire Pottery, Pearlware, Romantic and more... Join us and receive access to our benefits!

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Dear TCC Members,

Memberships in the Transferware Collectors Club expired on December 31, 2024. We thank you if you have already renewed. We value your membership! If you have not renewed, we encourage you to do so now and continue to take advantage of the many benefits you will share with our over 400 U.S. and International members. Simply click on this link: renew my membership.

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News & Features

Classifieds
Copeland earthenware tray for a tea set

This large Copeland earthenware tray for a tea set measures 382 mm (15 inches) in diameter and it is decorated to the centre with a brown printed pattern in the Japanesque or Aesthetic movement style, featuring a large Japanese vase, two fences and flowers and foliage. Link to more info.

Puzzle of the Month
Cyprus

“Cyprus” pattern platter by Brownfield & Sons decorated in shades of gold, rust and cobalt blue. Made c. 1878-1883, it has the potter’s pattern number 8899. The pattern covers the entire surface with exuberant stylized flowers, repeated around the center larger stylized flower.

Feature Video
Poetically Posh: Richard Briggs’s Longfellow Jug and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the American Home

Lecturer: Elizabeth Palms, Robert and Elizabeth Owens Curatorial Fellow, Winterthur Museum Garden and Library

Pattern of the Month
A Happy New Year To You

This 9.75 inch plate was made by W.T. Copeland (& Sons). The company was in business from 1847-1970. The message on the plate, “A Happy New Year To You”, is the wish to you from the TCC!

Classifieds
C J Mason porcelain part tea set

This rare C J Mason porcelain part tea set consists of a pumpkin shaped teapot, two tea pot stands and four trios. All the pieces are decorated with a hand coloured pattern of a basket of flowers to the centre and a hand coloured print of flowers and bamboo, with the enamel colours still quite vivid. Read more.

Lecture Series
A Staffordshire View of Philadelphia

 January 16th, 2025 Thursday 1PM EDT

Title: A Staffordshire View of Philadelphia, Speaker: Pat Halfpenny, Curator Emerita, Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur Museum, Link for more info and Zoom link

Dishy News
Please to bestow your Charity

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall

This small plate that features a man with one leg asking for charity from a stout man who refuses him. The bubbles above them say: "Please to bestow your Charity" and "Friend I have it not." The title of the pattern is "Self Accusation." Read more.

Photo of the Month
Daisy Bank Marl Hole

Located at Edensor, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (near the present-day Gladstone Pottery Museum), this photo, dated ca. 1910-15, shows the large scale extraction of marl, a type of clay. 

RECORDER NEWS
Recorder News 50

Dick Henrywood has produced the final Recorder News. Authored and prepared bimonthly for eight years, Recorder News has provided us with a vast array of information related to transferware. Read more.

Minton's Folio Friday
Folio number 10.

Folio Friday is an opportunity for ceramic enthusiasts to view some of the amazing artwork found within The Minton Archive’s folios. 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!

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