Research Articles

This is one of four articles authored by transferware collector and researcher Hayden Goldberg and originally published in The Magazine ANTIQUES. This article appeared on pp. 1198-1205, December, 1985. Courtesy BMP Media Holdings, L.L.C.

This is one of four articles authored by transferware collector and researcher Hayden Goldberg and originally published in The Magazine ANTIQUES. This article appeared on pp. 434-443, February, 1987. Courtesy BMP Media Holdings, L.L.C.

Diverse theories exist as to whether Samuel Hollins produced Swansea Pottery blue and white transfer ware. Indeed some researchers postulate that the Samuel Hollins’ Pottery produced very significant quantities of blue and white transfer ware. On the contrary our position is that Samuel Hollins…

In this excellent 202-page publication, documents the outstanding and one-of-a-kind collection of the late Robin Greeves and provides an interesting social and historical perspective for these two often misunderstood forms of transfer-printed Staffordshire pottery. Catalog of the Greeves…

Although only published for one year in 1997, the China and Glass Quarterly made a significant contribution to the field. Each issue had 50 to 60 pages with articles, auction results, advertisements and a wealth of information on both British Ceramics (primarily transferware) as well as Early…

Generous support from the TCC Richards Foundation Research Grant Program helped to make this book possible. As an expression of gratitude, the authors offer the book at a discount to all current TCC members. The book’s retail price is £45.00 (est. $60.00 US). A website with much more information…

These guidelines are intended to assist TCC researchers and writers with the process of writing, publishing and printing scholarly work in the field of British transferware.

This article is from the talk given by Richard Halliday to the Transferware Collectors Club during the 2016 meeting in Charlottesville, VA. This is part of his research has been to document the process of engraving a copper plate from start to finish. This has never been documented before. This…

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ON 3RD NOVEMBER 1773 Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) wrote a letter to Peter Perez Burdett, a young engraver then based in Liverpool, thanking him for sending his recently produced specimen of transfer-printed chinaware. Following words of appreciation and encouragement for the china, the elder…

I have a special place in my heart and in my life for Chet Creutzburg and David Martin who, in my early days of collecting American themed transferware, became friends and teachers. They, along with fellow collector Nick Routson, introduced me to Hayden Goldberg and Curtis Brown and explained…

This is one of four articles authored by transferware collector and researcher Hayden Goldberg and originally published in The Magazine ANTIQUES. This article appeared on pp. 178-182, July, 1981. Courtesy BMP Media Holdings, L.L.C. Each of the four articles is available for download at no cost…

This article was recently published in the English Ceramic Circle's (ECC) Transactions, Volume 31, 2020 and it is made available here with the kind permission of the ECC.

While much has been written about Jean-Baptiste Pillement’s art and its role in the decorative arts in general,…

The Worcester News reports that the Royal Worcester Museum is the recent beneficiary of a £1.3 million grant to complete a project designed to celebrate 250 years of innovation, industry and craftsmanship at the museum. The newly funded project will expand the museum’s offerings beyond its…

Not all locations have been vetted. In an attempt to be as complete as possible, we have included some locations which house extensive English, Welsh or Scottish pottery collections which may only include minimal transferware examples. These locations are specified in the brief discussion…

Dick provided two lectures incorporating new research to the 2011 Baltimore Annual Meeting. The Mysterious Mr. Marshall, Plagiarist Extraordinaire.

William Marshall of number 1, Holborn Bars, London, must have been quite a character. He was at various times a lottery dealer, publisher,…

I have a fondness for botanicalillustrationand a passion for pots. It is these personal interests together with my role as Curator at the Spode museum which led to me noticing the elements of this story. It is a tale of discovery - an unexpected connection between a Staffordshire…

I have a fondness for botanical illustration and a passion for pots. It is these personal interests together with my role as Curator at the Spode museum which led to me noticing the elements of this story. It is a tale of discovery - an unexpected connection between a Staffordshire pottery and a…

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These guidelines are intended to assist TCC researchers and writers with the process of writing, publishing and printing scholarly work in the field of British transferware.

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There were many potteries situated along the Firth of Forth littoral, however only a few used white firing clays, see location map. In this paper I will use both extant examples and shards recovered archaeologically to highlight what evidence we have, for…

For most of the 19th century, millions upon millions of items of transfer-printed earthenware made in British factories were exported to virtually every corner of the planet. In terms of sheer bulk, probably the country which imported more than any other was the United States. There were a…

Develop content for an online exhibition of Spode transferware designed to advance the education and awareness of Spode transferware and to reach a broad internet audience of collectors, researchers, students and historians of the British Pottery Industry.  

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The reputation of Henry and Richard Daniel is based on their glorious porcelain but, in spite of its importance to the commercial success of the company, little has been written about their huge production of earthenware. Signposts to Daniel earthenwares were provided in the pioneering works of…

The focus of the book is on a relatively small group of wares produced at the Swansea potteries in South Wales, generally classed as ‘commemoratives’, sometimes documentary, certainly historical. The aim has been to discover and record the primary source materials from which the engravers and…

Very little has been written about the commemorative ware of the Cambrian Pottery, Swansea; the most informative lecture and subsequent paper was by P.D.Pryce in 1972. His remit, however, was much larger as he covered the commemorative ware of the Cambrian Pottery, the Glamorgan…

Founded in 1764, the Swansea (later to be renamed Cambrian) Pottery was in production for more than 100 years before closing in 1870. For the majority of this period, certainly the eighty years after 1790, printed wares were to be an important feature of the factory‟s output. Certainly after the…

It was a day of broken dishes, sticky tape, and laughter. In the heart of Philadelphia, the National Park Service Independence Living History Center has an Archaeology Laboratory where millions of pottery fragments are the focus of research, and where visitors are welcome to see the work in…

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…

This research project was made possible, thanks to a grant from the Richards Charitable Foundation for the Research of British Transferware through the Transferware Collectors Club (2014). The aim is to delve into aspects related to this type of non-local production material which was of…