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New resource:
Museums and Places of Interest With Displays and Collections of Transfer Printed Pottery now available online or as PDF. This is the first version of this new resource. Please contact us with additional sites, corrections, omissions, and other comments.

Update:
Status of Spode factory and museum

What is a quagga? No, it is not a zebra. Learn more in October at our annual meeting.
Hint/view source print.

Colonial Building TCC's 9th Annual Fall Conference
October 16-19 at Historic Colonial Williamsburg!

Confirmed attendance nearing 100. We have arranged limited space for additional registrations. Email directly to Peggy and Fred Sutor,

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Learn more about the exciting speakers and a spectacular Show and Sale.

Ornithological Series
This series was made by Andrew Stevenson (1810-1836). Each size and shape has a different bird or birds in the center. This 10 inch plate depicts a peacock and turkey. For more information about this series, see Ornithological in the database.
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A DiVinci Code for Railroad Transfers: Enoch Wood and the Liverpool & Manchester Railroads by Joseph-Jean Paques from Spring 2008 Bulletin for free. Non-members pay $5.00

“Lausanne”,
brown 19” platter

“Lausanne”,
mark from platter

Number Six of an Ongoing Series by Dick Henrywood
My previous outing for this regular feature concentrated on Samuel Alcock’s trade name “Florentine China” but for this issue I am returning to another of the series of named scenes, this time an attractive set of views in Italy:

“Italian” series
This series, by William Ridgway of Hanley, is another which does not appear in The Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery. As with much Staffordshire output in the 1830s, the American market was much more significant than the home market in England, and wares are much more common in the U.S., particularly in the colours other than blue. In this case all recorded examples are dinner wares found in black, blue, brown, green purple and shades of red. The printed mark consists of a rather ornate scrolled panel containing the individual title in script letters, with the maker’s initials WR at the base and a further draped ribbon bearing the series title in capitals beneath. Entire Article | Article Archives

Four Classics on the Internet: Classic pottery books from the turn of the (last) century featuring transferware are available (some for free) on the Net. More...

The San Francisco Ceramics Circle has prepared a list of Museums with Major Collections of Ceramics, available at the following link: http://www.patricianantiques.com/sfccmuseumlist.html. Transferware is included in many of the entries.

What is Transferware? "Transferware" is the term assigned to ceramics decorated with motifs applied by means of engravings transferred from a copper engraving to a special tissue, then onto a pottery base... More | Other FAQs

How can I learn more about Transferware? The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC) web site offers many sources of information on Transferware. You will find the following pages and features on our website particularly useful... More | Other FAQs

A Brief Primer on Transferware: 10 commonly asked questions
Transferware is pottery. It can be earthenware or porcelain, ironstone or bone china. It's most distinctive feature is a pattern that has been applied by transferring an etching onto the pottery. More | Other FAQs

Going out of business sale. New Jersey transferware dealer selling entire inventory at cost. All colors. Call Hilda Suchow (908) 788-5433.
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Merlin Antiques specializes in 19th century English transferware in all colors, and other English ceramics.
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9th Annual TCC Meeting will be held October 16 to 19, 2008 in historic Williamsburg, Virginia. More information

Membership renewals were mailed in early June and are now due. Please renew online or print a registration form (new and renewing members). Members who have not renewed will not have access to the Members Only area of the site, including ability to download past bulletins or search the Pattern Database.

New grant program! TCC has established a grant program to assist individuals in research, writing and other projects in the transferware field. Learn more

Connie Rogers has updated the Bulletin Index through the Winter 2008 issue. There are approximately 1100 entries in this invaluable source document. Download the PDF version

Three reference books listed in "Newly Available" include Swansea's Cambrian Pottery Transferware II, People & Pots and Machin Porcelains and Earthenwares

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Status of Spode Factory and Collections at Stoke-on-Trent: Current Information | Friends of the Spode Museum | Archived Information and Articles

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