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The Architecture of Charles Bulfinch part 1
Goldberg, Hayden in Additional Articles and Publications

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.

The Architecture of Charles Bulfinch part 2
Goldberg, Hayden in Additional Articles and Publications

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.

Assessing Modern Theories on Swansea Transferware
Tanner, Arleen and Grahame in Additional Articles and Publications

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…

BLUE-PRINTED Pickle Dishes
Halliday, Richard in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Archive (Learn about this archive) Issue 1, January/February 1997 Issue 2, April/May 1997 Issue 3, July/August 1997 Issue 4, October/November 1997
in Additional Articles and Publications
Archive (Learn about this archive) Issue 1, January/February 1997 Issue 2, April/May 1997 Issue 3, July/August 1997 Issue 4, October/November 1997
China and Glass Quarterly (Archive)
in Additional Articles and Publications

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…

The Chinoiserie Invasion:  British Transferware in the Chinese Style 1750-1900
Halliday, Richard and Zeller, Loren in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

transferware collectors club publishing
Henrywood, Dick in Publishing 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.

Copper plate engraving
Halliday, Richard in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

 exhibition of British transferware decorated with American themes.
Halfpenny, Pat in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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Did Benjamin Franklin invent transferware?
Erich, Wendy W. in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Of Eagles and Presidents - Reporting on the First of Two Sales of the Creutzburg & Martin Collection
O’Hare, Kurt in What's Happening in British Ceramics

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…

The Earliest Known Example of Historical Blue Staffordshire
Goldberg, Hayden in Additional Articles and Publications

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…

Pillement image
Zeller, Loren in Additional Articles and Publications

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,…

View of Louisville, KY, James and Ralph Clews
Stefano, Frank, Jr. in Additional Articles and Publications

This is one of two articles authored by Transferware Collectors Club member, researcher, and author Frank Stefano, Jr. and originally published in The Magazine Antiques. This article appeared on pages 553-555 of the March 1974 issue. The Transferware Collectors Club thanks The Magazine Antiques…

Teapots by James and Ralph Clews
Stefano, Frank, Jr. in Additional Articles and Publications

This is one of two articles authored by Transferware Collectors Club member, researcher, and author Frank Stefano, Jr. and originally published in The Magazine Antiques. This article appeared on pages 324-328 of the February 1974 issue. The Transferware Collectors Club thanks The Magazine…

James, Ralph & Andrew Stevenson Potters of Cobridge
Halfpenny, Pat in Additional Articles and Publications

This article is adapted from a presentation given at an NCS meeting in March 2019. New information arising following the meeting has been included. by Pat Halfpenny May 2019

This is the story of the life and work of three brothers, James, Ralph & Andrew Stevenson. Their father Ralph…

Museum of Royal Worcester Reinvigorated with Important Heritage Fund Grant
Zeller, Loren in What's Happening in British Ceramics

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…

Museums and Places of Interest With Displays and Collections of Transfer Printed Pottery
Hoexter, David in Additional Articles and Publications

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…

The Mysterious Mr. Marshall Plagiarist Extraordinaire
Henrywood, Dick in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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,…

Pots of Orchids: the Spode Bateman Connection
Woolliscroft, Pam in Richards Foundation Grant Projects
Introduction

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…

Pots of Orchids: the Spode Bateman Connection
Woolliscroft, Pam in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Publishing Guidelines
Williams, Margie in Publishing Information

Key Steps Performed to Produce a Published Work.

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.

Scottish East Coast Transfer Printed Wares
Haggarty, George R. in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

Updated December 2021.

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…

South-East Asia: A Major Export Destination for Bristish Transferware
Cruickshank, Graeme in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Spode Exhibition
Johnson, Laura in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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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Study Title: Earthenware of H & R Daniel 1822 - 1854
Simpson, John and Jeannette, Smith, Brian and Beardmore, Bryan in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Swansea Commemorative Pottery
Hallesy, Helen in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…

Swansea Cambrian Pottery
Tanner, Arleen and Grahame in Additional Articles and Publications

 

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…

Swansea’s Printed Wares: A Re-assessment
Gray, Jonathan in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

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…