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The Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1800 Vol. 1 by Coysh, A. W. and Henrywood, R. K.

The Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1800 Vol. 2 by Coysh, A. W. and Henrywood, R. K.

LaFayette was invited to the United States in 1824 to be honored as a hero of the American Revolution. The pattern was made by Ralph & James Clews (1814-1834). For TCC members, more can be learned about this pattern by looking at pattern #2074 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources.

2019 Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant Program Recipient.

George Haggarty, Scotland
Project Title:  A Catalog of Transfer-printed Pottery Produced by Scotland’s East Coast Potteries Prior to 1850 View PDF.

Cats love tight spaces. Perhaps this one has gone to an extreme. The cat is Callie, age perhaps 1-½ years. The bowl is by Wedgwood, dates 1883-86, and the pattern is “Seaweed No. 05”. For TCC members, it is documented in the Database of Patterns and Sources as record #21482, with additional information and images in an article by David Hoexter in the TCC Bulletin, 2025 vol. XXVI, No. 2.

This lecture by Dr. David Barker is now available for members to view. In this presentation David discusses these printed wares in the wider context of the assemblage and its deposition, and considers what this tells us about the export trade in British ceramics at this time. Members can access the video here.

This charming scene showing several bottle ovens at a historic pottery, like the hundreds that once existed in Staffordshire, England, isn’t exactly what it appears to be. It looks very much like a piece of bat-printed porcelain or earthenware made at one of those potteries in the first decades of the 19th century. In fact, the design was engraved on a copper plate and bat printed by Paul Holdway in Staffordshire in 1991, as marked on the back. It was one of the many wonderful items from the collection of Jonathan Gray, seen during our visit to his London home during the TCC’s England Tour in June. While it may be the newest item in his collection, it could also be among the rarest. There were very few bat printed pieces made during the late 20th century!

A Transferware Blog by Judie Siddall.

I recently purchased a very damaged small teapot with "The Sower" on one side and "The Reaper" on the other. They are part of a series titled "The Progress of the Quartern Loaf." There are six different patterns: the Ploughman, The Sower, The Thrasher, The Reaper, The Miller, and The Baker. 

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).

July 16, 1PM EDT

Speaker: Miranda Goodby

Between c.1850 and 1910 British printed ceramics underwent a huge change from largely conventional floral and landscape designs to self-consciously bizarre and exotic patterns inspired by a variety of sources from Japan to Art Nouveau.

I am currently researching the little known Longton (Stoke) factory of Charles Heathcote & Co and its association with the William Turner factory patterns. I would appreciate knowing of any items from this factory. Additional information and mark. Please respond to Brian Allake at ballaker@pettonhall.uk 

Throughout Folio Friday’s 10th year we’ll be using the site’s hi-res, zoomable viewer to explore our monthly Art & Design highlights in close-up detail. Enjoy!