Transfer-Printed Ceramic Containers for the Philadelphia Consumer Trade

About the speaker: David Hoexter is a nearly retired geologist, with an avid interest in transferware produced to advertise. He is a co-founder of the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a category editor of the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources, and is the group’s Internet Activities Chair.

About the talk: During the 19th century, Philadelphia perfumers and druggists came to dominate the American market for consumer products such as cold cream, ointments, tooth powders, and shaving soaps. David Hoexter will explore the marvelous world of transfer printing on pots and lids made in England for the Philadelphia trade, and the distribution of the products to all parts of the growing United States (including San Francisco!). The posting is courtesy of the San Francisco Ceramics Circle.