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The Paul and Gladys Richards Research Grant Program for Studies in British Transferware
Launched in 2009, The Paul and Gladys Richards Charitable Foundation Research Program for the study of British Transferware, dedicated to supporting research focused on British transferware produced between 1750 to 1900, has funded seventeen projects.
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Research Articles
Rogers, Connie in Database Discoveries
Yellow Transfer Printed Brown Ware – referred to here as YPB – is a type of transferware that has only recently been added to the TCC Database. Some collectors of transferware may not be aware of this type of transfer decoration as it is not commonly found. Over the years, I have noted a number…
Siddall, Judie in Database Discoveries
A request from Tony Calvin of Cumbria, England about a possible attribution of a jug to the (John) Wilkinson Pottery of Whitehaven, West Cumberland (1820-1867), led to the serendipitous discovery of the uses of the rare egg-shaped transfer printed objects that I have been fascinated by for years…
Kling, Len in Database Discoveries
Very little is known today about the life of early 19th century artist Elizabeth Frances Batty. She was the sister of Captain Robert Batty, a member of the Grenadier Guards whose military career was ended by wounds received at the Battle of Waterloo, and who was also an artist. Although like her…
Books
American Pot Lids
Intended as a reference guide to all presently discovered American Pot Lids known to date. The examples have been compiled from my own collection, in addition to numerous public sources and other generous collector postings through the past forty years. Listings include new size and color variants, as well as unlisted examples form both previously known and unknown merchants. Examples used have in numerous cases been photo - retouched to better represent original color, condition, and design for reference purposes. Please send updates, additions, and corrections to jkinsell@hotmail.com. this pdf version is available to view here for free. and also at: http://online.anyflip.com/mcjpw/uvck/mobile/index.html 100 pages
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The Transferware Engraver
Introducing a new book that details the process of engraving a transferware pattern on to a copper-plate. This 272-page soft-back book covers a ten-year quest by the author who recorded the engraving of a new pattern from start to finish, with every line cut and every dot punched throughout its completion. The author, Richard visited an ex-Spode engraver at his house in Stoke-on-Trent every couple of weeks throughout the ten-year period and recorded in great depth, the work that was undertaken. This started with a visit to the coppersmith to buy a copper-plate and ended at Portmeirion with the production of a limited edition 10” dinner plate.
Engraving, through a seven-year apprenticeship, was a skill learnt through observational learning, transmitted from master to apprentice. There were no guide books or instructional manuals, thus making the recording of these skills so important. Richard took it upon himself to fully document this amazing and often overlooked process before it is too late and the skills are lost forever.
The 9” x 6”, full-color book details the tools, the techniques and the processes before the full documentation of the engraving. Whilst not directly related to the engraving process, the author decided to use the new engraving to make a limited-edition ceramic at the Portmeirion factory in Stoke-on-Trent. These fifty ceramic plates are available as an optional purchase.
TCC members will get a 50% discount on the book for the first three months, therefore: Until February the 14th, 2026 the book will be £12.50 (UK shipping £5, International £12, including tariffs)
Ceramic is £25 (UK shipping £8, International £30, both with a book)
Regular price after that date and to non-TCC members will be £25 for the book
Please email Richard at blueandwhite@btinternet.com for further details.
INDIA ON TRANSFERWARE, Supplement to a Compendium of Indian Scenes on Transferware 5/28/25
The ink was hardly dry on India on Transferware at its publication in October 2009 before additional patterns and better images of some objects started showing up. I have been accumulating this new information ever since and now feel that I have enough stored up to issue this supplement. Since it is appearing in digital format, I will be able to update it as more material shows up. The new information which follows is set out in the same order as the chapters in the book so that readers can easily relate the information in the supplement to the original. Readers are reminded that all the patterns in both the book and supplement can be searched in the Transferware Collectors Club database of patterns and sources. I have decided not to sell this supplement but simply to issue it in .pdf format for anyone to download, with the caveat that there may be further revisions. The original book is still available on Amazon or through me directly. My email address is msack@michaelsack.com.
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