Tools used for engraving copper-plates for printing changed little over the first 150 years of transfer printing on ceramics. Shown here are the engraving tools (seen on the left), an engraved copper-plate, the printed tissue paper used for transferring the pattern onto a blank plate, and the finished printed plate. The pattern shown here is the popular Nuneham Courtenay pattern. It is also known as the Wild Rose pattern, referring to the border design.
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Issues are published during the year and are made available online. Latest issue: 2024 Vol. XXV No. 2
Database of Patterns & Sources19,348 patterns and 1,162 sources and still growing.
EventsJanuary 16th, 2025 Thursday 1PM EST Worldwide Lecture Series - A Staffordshire View of Philadelphia Speaker: Pat Halfpenny, Curator Emerita, Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur Museum More info.
April 10th, 2025, Thursday 1PM EDT Worldwide Lecture Series - Texian Campaigne and other Transfer-printed Wares at Bayou Bend Speaker: Bradley Brooks, Curator, Bayou Bend Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston More info
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Rich with content for ceramic collectors, researchers, authors, curators, and historic archaeologists, the sites are sure to deliver value for their visitors. The exhibition’s curators continue to enhance them and, now, with site application upgrades, including a new magnification feature and upgraded content management capabilities, the TCC and its collaborators are pleased to relaunch these exhibits, all free to a worldwide audience.
Branded Patriotic America, debuted in 2014 in collaboration with Historic New England, and the Winterthur Museum
Launched in 2015 in partnership with the Northern Ceramic Society.
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