September Feature Articles

Database Discoveries #17
TRANSFER-PRINTED RICE PLATES FOR THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA MARKET

by Connie Rogers

One of the greatest achievements in transfer printing in the last half of the 19th century was led by J. & M. P. Bell of Glasgow, Scotland. The firm was established in 1842 by the two brothers: John and Matthew Perston Bell. They began by producing useful kitchen wares. By the 1860s they were well established, and there was high demand for their decorative and useful pottery. In the 1860s and 1870s there was a large volume of exported ware, from other Scottish potteries as well as Bells, that was sent out to all parts of the world. John Bell became a ship owner and purchased a firm in Rangoon to assist with the continuation of their adventure. Read the article.

TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED AMERICAN VIEWS ON HISTORICAL BLUE STAFFORDSHIRE

by Hayden Goldberg

This is one of four articles authored by transferware collector and researcher Hayden Goldberg and originally published in The Magazine ANTIQUES. This article appeared on pp. 281-283, January 1984. Courtesy BMP Media Holdings, L.L.C.

For nearly half a century collectors and scholars have puzzled over the identity of the buildings de­picted in the scenes transfer printed on the teapot shown in Figure 1 (above), and on various other parts of the tea set to which it belongs. Until now, the maker of the set had also not been documented. Read this article.