Research & Learning

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. 

Historical Guide to Advertising Pot Lids

Advertising pot lids can be found from many countries particularly English-speaking nations and are collected by a dedicated group of enthusiasts across the world. These fascinating transfer-printed ceramic containers often feature inventive designs as well as details of the individuals and companies that sold them. They were used to retail commodities such as tooth paste, cold cream, food pastes, hair preparations, ointments & salves, and a range of other products. The vast majority were originally thrown away after a single use and have been re-discovered over the past 50 years or so from the excavation of former rubbish tips.

It has taken 11 years to compile this book, which is the result of contributions from hundreds of collectors from around the globe. It aims to catalogue, as far as possible, all UK and Irish advertising pot lids that were used broadly between 1830 and 1930, as well as providing a brief overview of examples that were used in other countries.

This guide records over 8,500 different examples, features over 7,500 images and provides trading details on over 600 businesses that used them. It is the authors’ intention to continue cataloguing examples not featured and publish a supplement to this book when feasible.

Printing supported by a TCC Paul and Gladys Richards Charitable Foundation Research Program grant.

Pricing:
Standard - £120 (hard-cover but very limited availability; priority to contributors); £70 soft-cover.

TCC Members - £100 (hard-cover) and £60 (soft-cover)

Contact seller for shipping estimate / cost  jimlayden1@gmail.com

Also available: Historical Guide to Advertising Pot Lids, Update including a Guide to Beauty Pots

The Transferware Recorder Number 6 – Selected British and Other Views

Volume Six returns to look at further British views but extending to some series which contain other views of Europe, the USA, and even one from India. Series covered include particularly the popuar and extensive Henshall Fruit and Flower Border series and the enigmatic Tams’ Foliage Border series. This volume has around 200 pages and 680 images, in full colour, and as with previous volumes, all known views are listed, nearly all illustrated, and the majority with their original source prints. A treat for the transferware collector not to be missed!

The publishers are pleased to acknowledge support for volumes 5 & 6 from Ceramica Stiftung of Basel and the grant programme of the Transferware Collectors’ Club.

Full details and purchase information can be found on the website.