These Romantic Period examples of purple transferware can be found among the nearly 600 patterns printed in this color that are recorded in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. Access to the database is just one of many benefits the club offers its members.
Ex Collection Mario Buatta, compliments of Stair Galleries and Restoration Inc.
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Issues are published during the year and are made available online. Latest issue: 2025 Vol. XXVI No. 2
Database of Patterns & Sources20,015 patterns and 1,190 sources and still growing.
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Celebrating a milestone of 20,000 patterns and still growing!
EventsJanuary 15, 2026, 1PM EST Worldwide Lecture Series - From Stoke-on-Trent to Tehran: Wedgwood gifts for the court in Iran By Fuchsia Hart.
Dear TCC Members,
Your membership in the Transferware Collectors Club will expire on December 31, 2025. Members who joined in 2025 and paid by credit card, and checked the box for auto renewal, will have their membership automatically renewed in January of 2026. The membership cost has not changed from last year. When the auto renewal takes place, the member will receive an email confirming that they are now members for 2026.
Members who did not choose to have their membership automatically renewed, can renew on the TCC website. If you are unsure whether you opted in to auto renewal, you can sign into your account on the TCC website and check your status. Also, please be sure your address has been updated if you have recently moved. Renew my membership.
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Rich with content for ceramic collectors, researchers, authors, curators, and historic archaeologists, the sites are sure to deliver value for their visitors. The exhibition’s curators continue to enhance them and, now, with site application upgrades, including a new magnification feature and upgraded content management capabilities, the TCC and its collaborators are pleased to relaunch these exhibits, all free to a worldwide audience.
Branded Patriotic America, debuted in 2014 in collaboration with Historic New England, and the Winterthur Museum
Launched in 2015 in partnership with the Northern Ceramic Society.
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