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Database of Patterns & Sources Count
18,018 patterns, 1,119 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
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Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
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The TCC meeting committee is moving closer to a venue and date for our 2023 national meeting. Contract negotiations are underway for the meeting to be held in Philadelphia, Sept 28-Oct 1 or Oct 5-8.
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TCC DATABASE REACHES 18,000 PATTERNS MILESTONE | |
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The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a US-based international non-profit organization dedicated to the study of British transfer-printed ceramics, is pleased to announce that it’s Database of Patterns & Sources now contains more than 18,000 patterns, an increase of 1,000 since August of 2021. The 18 thousandth recorded pattern is, rather fittingly, Enoch Wood and Son Viewing the Wood Pottery.
The database, a TCC member benefit, provides easy online access to a valuable source of information about transfer-printed patterns and their sources and can be used on most computer, tablet and mobile phone formats. Patterns can be searched under Patterns, Marks, Makers, Print Sources, Ceramic Sources and Bibliography. Members will be able to access the full database with their login and password, and they will be able to print and/or share individual pattern records. Access to the database is found on the club's home page at the TCC website.
The TCC would like to thank its volunteers and members, without whom this milestone would not have been possible.
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Strawser Auction Group
May 26, 2023 3PM EST
Strawser Auctions has been commissioned to offer for sale the 40+ year collection of Transferware and Stafforshire from Rick Hall and Mark Laskowski. The auction includes 1000+/- Staffordshire figurines and a large selection of blue and white transferware. The auction will be an in-person auction located in Wolcottville, Indiana together with online bidding via Liveauctioneers. Link to catalogue.
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Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates
June 16, 2023
Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates will present part one of the Staffordshire transferware collection of D.J. (Jan) Baker, Garrison, NY on June 16 at our gallery in Mt. Crawford, VA. Part one comprises over 125 pieces of American and related historical views. The collection includes pieces showing each pattern in the Arms of the States series, including platters for Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. The full, detailed online catalogue will be posted by approximately June 2. Part two of the collection highlighting animals and other exotic views will be included in our August 24-26 Summer Americana auction. Bidding is available in house, by absentee and phone, and live bidding through JSEALive and several other internet sites. Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates
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Please contact us if you are offering or know of an upcoming auction
with an emphasis on transferware.
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TRANSFERWARE WORLDWIDE LECTURE SERIES 2023 | |
Video of the recent lecture is now available on the TCC website for members. | |
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19th Century English and Low Country Vessels Created by Makers Josiah Wedgwood, Enoch Wood, and Enslaved David Drake By Scott Alves Barton, Faculty Fellow in Race and Resilience at Notre Dame
Speaker: Scott has been a fellow at Instituto Tepoztlán, Vanderbilt’s Issues in Critical Investigation, Fundação Palmares and has served as a board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Scott is a board member of The Association for the Study of Food and Society, Secretary/Treasurer of The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Co-Chair of the African Diaspora Religions Unit within the American Academy of Religion, and a board member of The Indigo Diaspora Arts Alliance. Scott has been working as a curriculum consultant to the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, N.Y., the African Diaspora Heritage educational gardens at the New York Botanical Gardens, and the Center for Culinary Development. This autumn, Scott will continue at Notre Dame as a an Assistant Professor in Africana Studies. View the video for members.
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July 20th: The British Buzz: The Relevance of Beekeeping to 19th century British Ceramic Design
Speaker: Leslie Lambour Bouterie, Independent Scholar, Visiting Curator of Ceramics at James Madison’s Montpelier and Visiting Scholar for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Plan to join fellow ceramic enthusiasts for this informative lecture series. Specific details regarding access links to each Zoom lecture will be provided via email prior to each presentation date. Past lectures available for viewing on the TCC website to members only. | |
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“Florals for Spring… Groundbreaking.” – Miranda Priestly.
This lovely printed and painted floral design was identified as “993” by John & William Ridgway. The pottery was in business from 1813 to1830 in Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, England. Many potteries offered patterns with colors applied over the printed design. It was more labor-intensive than simply transfer printing a piece, but still less labor than a fully hand-painted piece. Sometimes patterns were offered with and without the added colors at different price points. This is pattern 19100 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources.
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Who Can Identify This Pattern(s)? | |
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We often receive requests on the TCC website Message Board for assistance in identifying patterns. We generally can successfully provide the pattern name and related information. But occasionally a request stumps us. Following is the first in what no doubt will be a series of requests for members’ help. This mug, missing its handle, is 5 inches high and wide (diameter). It currently resides in Scotland. The member(s) who successfully provides pattern ID, maker, and anything else of interest wins great fame and bragging rights.
View larger image. See past Photos of the Month.
Thanks to David Hoexter for preparing the “Photo of the Month.”
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Thanks to Judie Siddall for preparing the "Pattern of the Month." | |
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Floral Prints as Sources for Patterns on Porcelain and Transferware; the Botanical and Gardening Obsession
Lecturer: Patricia (Pat) Knight
In her talk she discusses the role of botany in the 18th century, the research at botanical centers and the popular interest in horticulture that led to books illustrated with botanical prints by Georg Ehret and to the Botanical Magazine published by William Curtis. As a result there was a profusion of botanical decoration on porcelain in the late 18th century. Watch video.
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LECTURE, SYMPOSIA, and MEETING INVITATIONS | |
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San Francisco Ceramic Circle
May 16, 2023
Looking Forward and Back: Diverging Aesthetics in American Art Pottery
Dr. Adrienne Spinozzi, Curator of American Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum
Co-sponsored with the American design and Arts Forum. Virtual via Zoom.
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Spode Society
Sunday June 18, 2023
Annual General Meeting and Seminar
Meeting venue is Letchworth Hall Hotel, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England (roughly between London and Cambridge). The meeting will include three lectures, valuation table, show and tell, and sales tables of ceramics (all factories). Further information is available on their website (www.spode-society.co.uk). The meeting will be open to non members.
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Friends of Blue
Sunday July 16, 2023
Annual Meeting venue: The Spode Museum Trust Heritage Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Program details pending.
Check website meeting page for more information:
https://www.fob.org.uk/meetings/
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TCC Annual Meeting
late September or early October
venue and additional information pending
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Issue 40 April 2023
This issue offers the usual pot-pourri of news for you, with several literature-related images or patterns, one completely new British view, some new items for your notes, and a puzzle mark finally tracked down – but still a puzzle! Read this issue.
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American Historical Transferware Treasures at the Smithsonian, by Peggy Sutor, et al
On Friday, October 21, 2011, TCC members had the fantastic opportunity to view selected items from the Ellouise Baker Larsen Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. The collection, much more extensive than the 30 pieces we were able to view, was donated by Larsen in 1962. It is rarely on public view. Those fortunate enough to view the collection were attendees of the four-day Annual TCC Conference, which was held in Baltimore. Read the article.
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Dishy Animals ABC: An Alphabet Book for Children and Adults, by Judie Siddall
Inexpensive children’s china was made in Britain throughout the 19th century as gifts for good behavior, christening presents, souvenirs, and rewards for excellence in school. It was inexpensive because the pattern was transfer-printed on the pottery rather than hand-painted. Read more.
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The Italian Pattern: The story of an iconic 19th century transferware design, by Richard Halliday
Spode's Italian pattern surely has to be one of the most recognizable and indeed most iconic designs in the history of transfer printed pottery. It is possibly true to say that almost every home, antique shop, antique show and museum around much of the world has at least one example of this pattern within it. Read more.
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CLUB & INFORMATION WEBSITES | |
London Ceramic Circle at Morley College
They are dedicated to the study of British and International Ceramics, both porcelain and earthenware, from the earliest Roman time up to the present day. We offer illustrated lectures by leading ceramic experts at London, visits to places of ceramic interest, and a two-day Seminar in October each year. New members are always made very welcome and they all enjoy sharing knowledge and discussing the pots they collect. Visit the site.
Mason's Collectors' Club - Facebook page
The Mason's Collectors Club - for all who appreciate the ceramic wares made by the Mason's Pottery. Visit the Facebook page.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
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HAYWARDS HEATH CERAMICS GROUP | |
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After forty years, it is with greatest sadness, that the Haywards Heath Ceramics Group has closed. The final meeting was held on 9 March 2023.
Unfortunately, the Group’s membership numbers declined during the Covid pandemic although as you are aware talks moved to zoom. Face to Face meetings resumed in September 2022, and even though we did gain a number of new members, the overall membership has declined steadily, to the extent that there are insufficient people able to take on the roles of running the Group together with the associated reduction in finances. As a result when taking all the circumstances into account the Group closed.
It was with great sadness that the Committee came to this decision. We would like to thank you for your support and attendance to our zoom lectures and the reciprocal lectures which our Group has been able to enjoy.
A substantial number of our current members have elected to remain in a “Ceramics Contact Group” which will be operated via email by Tony Gaskell (tony.gaskell@tiscali.co.uk). He will be happy to circulate any received ceramics related information to the Group.
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A Membership List updated in April 12, 2023 is now available (for members only and only for non-commercial use). Download now. Please review your entry on the list, and notify us of any changes in your contact information. | |
Has Your Postal Mailing Address Changed?????
If you have moved but are not receiving your quarterly TCC Bulletin, you probably forgot to notify our member chair of your new address (this applies to email address changes also). The bulletin is mailed “bulk” and is not forwarded to new addresses by the USPS. Please notify the member chair directly: membership@transferwarecollectorsclub.org
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MORE ABOUT TRANSFERWARE COLLECTORS CLUB | |
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
We are now accepting simple classified (not display) advertisements from TCC member transferware dealers as well as non-dealer members and auction houses. There is no charge for this member service. Following are the criteria:
- Limited to three quality images of item(s) for sale or example(s) of an item(s) you wish to purchase.
- Include a very short description paragraph, including a link to your website and/or email address.
- Dealers must be TCC members, limited to once/year maximum.
- Requests will be processed in the order received, and there is no guarantee as to when your ad will be posted.
- The TCC Web Administrator at his/her discretion has the right to reject inappropriate or inadequate submittals.
Contact:
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The Database Needs Editors
Do you love a good mystery? Do you fancy yourself to be a Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple? If your answer is "yes", then you are the perfect candidate to join the ranks of TCC Database Detectives! Download more information.
New Database Discoveries
Articles Needed
Please contact the web administrator with suggestions or contributions of future Database Discoveries articles. See Database Discoveries archives.
Contributions Needed for Bulletin
Bulletin editor Richard Halliday is seeking contributions for the upcoming bulletin.
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LOOKING for a FEW (MORE) DATABASE EDITORS | |
Looking for anyone with a passion for the beauty and history of transferware who would like to help record lovely old patterns for a worldwide audience. The Database of Patterns and Sources is maintained by a team of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet. You could be one of them! We're currently looking for editors in Romantic patterns, Literature and Performing Arts, and Tiles, but let us know your interests and we can find a spot for you. Contact Len at otlink@aol.com for more information! | |
SEEKING BULLETIN SUBMITTALS | |
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The TCC Bulletin editor seeks submittals to future editions, particularly from first time or occasional authors. We have an extremely knowledgeable member base, yet many of our members seldom or never share their knowledge, at least in printed form. Now is your chance. Bulletin submittals do not need to be extremely technical or lengthy. They just need to be interesting and relate to British transferware! And they need to be accompanied by quality images. We would especially welcome articles from our growing number of archaeologist members.
Don’t fret if you have little experience. We will be pleased to work with you, to formulate your concept and bring your article along. Simply send us your ideas, if that is where you are, or text, even in preliminary form, if you are further along. Please submit in MS Word format, and separately, images in png, pdf or jpeg format. Please do NOT convert to PDF. Don’t worry if this is a problem for you; we’ll work with you to bring your article from preliminary to final, printed, stage, no matter your level of computer and word processes experience.
Suggested topics:
- Your favorite transferware piece, either your own or displayed elsewhere (why is it your favorite?, how did you acquire it?, what is the pattern, maker if known?).
- What is your favorite place to view transferware: museum? stately home? Historic or archaeological site?
- Tell (and show) us your own collection (really good pictures required).
- New discoveries.
- Archaeological sites: overall summary of the excavation as relates to transferware; discuss a particular pattern or piece; context/importance of the transferware.
- In-depth research of a pattern, series, maker.
Contacts:
Richard Halliday, TCC Bulletin Editor: blueandwhite@btinternet.com
David Hoexter: davidhoexter@icloud.com
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