Annual Meeting Videos

A Visit to the Michael Sack Collection was presented by TCC president Scott Hanson at the TCC 2023 Virtual Annual Meeting. He visited San Francisco, CA, to see and hear about the wonderful and extensive transferware collection created by long-time TCC Board Member, Michael Sack, over the past 35 years. The collection is notable for its focus on Indian and Chinese scenes paired with the source prints they were inspired by. In the video, Michael talks about building the collection, writing the book, India on Transferware, and visiting the locations depicted in India. We also get to see some of the other themes included in the collection. A live Q&A session with Michael follows the video presentation. Link to Michael's book.

This is the October 30, 2022 Virtual Annual Business Meeting. The link is for members only.

Lecturer: Scott Hanson

Transferware in Two Historic Maine Houses was presented at the 2021 TCC Annual Meeting. Take a look at transferware collections in two historic Maine Houses, the Dow Farm in Standish and the Whitten House in Topsham. The Donald Essman/Dow Farm Collection resides in a 1760’s farmhouse with 19^th century additions which has received a museum-quality restoration over the past 45+ years. Don Essman and his husband Mike Bendzela have partnered with Dow family descendants to restore the farm and along the way a collection of British transferware pieces in a variety of patterns has been assembled for display and use in the house. Some of the patterns are documented to have been in the house historically and others chosen because they are appropriate to the restored period rooms. This is a wonderful opportunity to see British transferware displayed in restored rooms as it was seen and used in the United States in the mid-19^th century.

Whitten House was home to the family of a woolen mill owner for two generations, from 1830 to 1941. It then spent 60 years as the local public library before being purchased by TCC president Scott Hanson in 2003. While restoring the house, Scott unearthed numerous transferware shards under and around the house. He will show us what was found and then tell us of his efforts to identify the patterns and collect pieces in those patterns, returning the Whitten’s China to their house – while adding a few new themes of his own.

A Visit to Dennis & Dad Antiques was presented by TCC president Scott Hanson at the TCC 2021 Annual Meeting. 

The TCC Annual Meeting has always included a transferware sale, with a number of dealer members offering a wide range of items for attendees to purchase. It was not practical to hold a sale with the online virtual Annual Meeting, but we did have a video taped conversation with Dennis about his 50+ years as an antique dealer specializing in transferware. We got a look at the astounding variety of transferware pieces in their stock and also saw the Berard’s personal collection of 500 transferware children’s cups.