A rare Spode Chinese of Rank plate donated by Michael Sack to the American Friends of The Spode Museum (AFOTSM)

During the Transferware Collectors Club’s England Tour visit to the Spode Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, TCC members Dina Zuger and Loren Zeller presented a rare Chinese of Rank pattern plate to Michael Escolme, Manager of the Spode Museum, on behalf of Michael Sack, President of the Association of Friends of the Spode Museum (AFOTSM).

The 8.25-inch plate has both impressed and printed marks and a worker's painted number "14". The only piece previously reported with a Spode mark is an egg-cup stand. The Chinese of Rank pattern was based on a source print published in Thomas and William Daniell’s book, titled A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, in 1810 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London. Members can find more information about the pattern along with its source print in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources, search for pattern #10365.