Database of Patterns & Sources Count
16,943 patterns, 1,075 sources now available in the Database Patterns and Sources.
July eNews 2021
Dear Transferware Enthusiasts:
We're pleased to send you this edition of our eNewsletter to give you the latest club news informing you of up-coming club activities and interesting new content on our web site and our Facebook page. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and input; email the TCC Web Content Administrator webadministrator@transferwarecollectorsclub.org.
TRANSFERWARE WORLDWIDE LECTURE SERIES
July Lecture
Thursday, July 8, 2021

From Rehe, China to Staffordshire, England; The Voyage of a Chinese Image 
by Ron Fuchs, Senior Curator, Reeves Museum of Ceramics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Description: The “India Temple” pattern made by John and William Ridgway of Staffordshire depicts a temple at the Chinese imperial summer palace, Bishu Shanzhuang, or the Mountain Estate for Escaping the Heat. Reflecting the globalized world of the eighteenth century, the design is based on an illustration in The Emperor of China’s Palace at Pekin, published in London in 1753. It copied an engraving done in 1714 by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ripa, who introduced Western-style copper-plate printing to China. It was based on a woodblock print by the Chinese engravers Zhu Gui and Mei Yufeng, who copied a preparatory drawing or painting done by the court painter Shen Yu around 1712.
Speaker bio: Ron Fuchs is the Senior Curator of the Reeves Museum of Ceramics at Washington and Lee University, where he has worked for the last 13 years. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the Winterthur Program in Early American Material Culture at the University of Delaware. He worked at Winterthur for ten years prior to moving to the Reeves. He is past president and chair of the American Ceramic Circle, and a member of the TCC.
Join Zoom Meeting on Thursday, July 8, 2021 1PM New York
 EDT – Eastern Daylight Saving Time


Meeting ID: 838 8320 1040
Passcode: 139994
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Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdibFBbDQi
SPECIAL SALE OF TRANSFERWARE
William R. & Teresa F. Kurau Historical Staffordshire & Collectors Items
Zamoiski Collection Sale of Second Half
July 2, 2021
The second half of the Zamoiski Collection will be offered in an online sale commencing July 2, 2021. Offered by the Kurau Family, www.historicalchina.com.
AUCTION WATCH
No Auction listed at this time.
Please contact us if you are offering or know of an upcoming auction 
with an emphasis on transferware.
PATTERN OF THE MONTH
THE CHALEES SATOON
Seen is a polychrome jar printed with “The Chalees Satoon,” made by John & Jos Mayer (1842-1855). The Chalees Satoon, or Forty Pillars, was a pavilion attached to the palace of the Emperor Akbar in the Fort of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India. This type of jar usually held fish or meat paste. More information.

Members only: See pattern #15692 in the Pattern and Source Print Database.

Thanks to Judie Siddall for preparing the "Pattern of the Month."
TILE OF THE MONTH
Flowering Tree
This pattern has a TCC Assigned Name with an unknown maker.
Printing on the tile back has Rd. No. 2194 plus the other numbers and letters:"U 285, No. K". It is pattern #17791 in the database. Pattern and Source Print Database.

This pattern is not complete with just one tile as we can see. There is a large main stem running off at the top and bottom of the tile, and partial leaves on each side. We may find other tiles with parts to complete this tree pattern. In the meantime we have put together a group of 9 tiles so that we can see how the side branches and leaves connect. Link to more tiles.

Thanks to Connie Rogers and Kurt O'Hare for preparing the "Tile Display of the Month."
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
SALT PLATES
What is a “salt plate” and what is the connection to death and transferware? More information. See past Photos of the Month.

Thanks to Sue Wagstaff for bringing this to our attention and to David Hoexter for preparing the "Photo of the Month."
VIDEOS
Four New Videos on the Use of Flint in the Pottery Industry.

Check out these four videos related to flint, an important element of pottery production. The videos were produced by SoT Heritage Network. A number of our members will recall visiting the Cheddleton Flint Mill as part of our 2004 meeting at Stoke.
Find these four videos under Ceramics heading on our Other Films and Videos page:
  • Spode Factory Virtual Tour of the Mold Archives
  • Stoke-On-Trent, Etruria Industrial Museum – Flint Processing
  • Stoke-On-Trent, James Kent Ceramic Materials – Flint Calcining Kilns
  • Stoke-On-Trent, The History of Flint in the Pottery Industry - An Overview

Thanks to Phil Rowley of the Gladstone Museum in Stoke-On-Trent for bringing these four videos to our attention.
BULLETIN
Bulletin TCC 2021 Number 1 

Download/read this issue's feature article (all site visitors): The Mount Pleasant Classical Institution:A Rarity of American Historical Staffordshire. Members, read the entire issue here.
 
The TCC Bulletin Index -- incorporating listings of articles from the Fall 1999 issue through to the most recent issue. A rich resource! Read it here.

Bulletin editor Richard Halliday is seeking contributions for the upcoming bulletin. Contact: bulletineditor@transferwarecollectorsclub.org.
SEEKING BULLETIN SUBMITTALS
The TCC Bulletin editor seeks submittals to future editions, particularly from first time or occasional authors. We have an extremely knowledgeable member base, yet many of our members seldom or never share their knowledge, at least in printed form. Now is your chance. Bulletin submittals do not need to be extremely technical or lengthy. They just need to be interesting and relate to British transferware! And they need to be accompanied by quality images.

Don’t fret if you have little experience. We will be pleased to work with you, to formulate your concept and bring your article along. Simply send us your ideas, if that is where you are, or text, even in preliminary form, if you are further along. Please submit in MS Word format, and separately, images in png, pdf or jpeg format. Please do NOT convert to PDF. Don’t worry if this is a problem for you; we’ll work with you to bring your article from preliminary to final, printed, stage, no matter your level of computer and word processes experience. 

Suggested topics:
  1. Your favorite transferware piece, either your own or displayed elsewhere (why is it your favorite?; how did you acquire it?; what is the pattern, maker if known?).
  2. What is your favorite place to view transferware: museum? stately home? Historic or archaeological site?
  3. Tell (and show) us your own collection (really good pictures required).
  4. New discoveries.
  5. Archaeological sites: overall summary of the excavation as relates to transferware; discuss a particular pattern or piece; context/importance of the transferware.
  6. In-depth research of a pattern, series, maker.

Contacts:
 Richard Halliday, TCC Bulletin Editor: blueandwhite@btinternet.com
 David Hoexter, unofficial assistant: davidhoexter@icloud.com
2021 ANNUAL MEETING
The Board is working on plans for an expansive virtual on-line Annual Meeting in October and looks forward to being able to gather in person in 2022. We will keep you posted on plans for October as they develop. Suggestions for lecture topics and offers of member collection virtual tours are welcome. See Scott Hanson’s President’s Message in the current (April 2021) Bulletin.
TRANSFERWARE WORLDWIDE LECTURE SERIES
Upcoming Lectures

Thursday, July 8, 2021 From Rehe, China to Staffordshire, England; The Voyage of a Chinese Image 
Lecturer: Ron Fuchs, Senior Curator, Reeves Museum of Ceramics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA more info

Thursday, August 12, 2021 “Supplying the Present Wants of Our Yankee Cousins…”
Lecturer: Dr. Neil Ewins, Senior Lecturer in Design History, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England more info

Thursday, September 23, 2021Onglaze Printing on English Pottery 1750-1800
Lecturer: Robin Emmerson, Freelance Decorative Arts Curator, Shrewsbury, England

Thursday, October 14, 2021 – Virtual TCC Annual Meeting (Lecture TBD)
Lecture speakers to be selected and engaged by TCC President Scott Hanson

Thursday, November 11, 2021"I saw three ships..." - the ship and related prints used at the Swansea Pottery - a reassessment
Lecturer: Jonathan Gray, Author, Welsh Ceramic Specialist, London, England

Thursday, December 9, 2021Transferware for the Hospitality Trade
Lecturer: Ben Miller, Assistant Curator of Ceramics, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Past Lectures
These lectures have been recorded and are available to current TCC members on the TCC website. Member login required. TCC website.

Transferware at the End of the World: Archaeology of a 19th Century Shipping Cargo in the Cape Horn Route presented by Dr. Dolores Elkin, archaeologist with Argentina´s National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) based at the National Institute of Anthropology

Beyond Blue: Transfer Printing in Fancy Colours presented by Pat Halfpenny, Curator Emerita, Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur Museum

Contextualizing Transferware from Drayton Hall’s South Flanker Well, Charleston, SC. presented by Corey Heyward Sattes, Wexler Curatorial Fellow, Archaeology, Drayton Hall Preservation Trust

Transferware In The Valley: Evidence Of English Transferware In New England’s Connecticut River Valley, 1820-1850 presented by Daniel Sousa, Assistant Curator at Historic Deerfield

From Trowel to Table: Ceramic Sherds Inform History Detectives at James Madison’s Montpelier presented by Leslie Lambour Bouterie, Visiting Curator of Ceramics at James Madison’s Montpelier and Visiting Scholar for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

And His Little Dog, Too: The Enoch Wood Pottery Memorized on a Mug, presented January 2021 by Angelika R. Kuettner, Associate Curator of Ceramics and Glass at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Floral Prints as Sources for Patterns on Porcelain and Transferware; the Botanical and Gardening Obsession, presented December 2020 by Patricia (Pat) Knight, member of the TCC and the San Francisco Ceramics Circle.

The 'Etching Revival' and Transferware: Aestheticism on the Dinner Table, presented November 2020 by Jeff Ruda, Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of California, Davis, and TCC member.

The Trade In British Transferware With The Dutch East Indies 1820-1940, presented September 2020 by Jaap Otte, Director of Development, Office of the Chief Information Office, the Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
LECTURE SERIES INVITATIONS
July 6, 2021 – The Oriental Ceramic Society
July 19th-23rd – V&A
view details below
The Oriental Ceramic Society

Tuesday, July, 6, 2021 13:30 BST

Newly-discovered plaques portraying
late Jingdezhen porcelain production
by Dr Shirley Mueller

Although there are many representations of Jingdezhen porcelain production in multiple forms before the 20th Century, late Jingdezhen porcelain production scenes, other than photographs and more recently videos, are rare. Dr Mueller will speak about a set of seventeen carved porcelain plaques portraying late porcelain production in Jingdezhen. The fact that they are carved rather than moulded suggests they are truly “one of a kind.” Professor Peter Lam attributes them to the Republican period (1911-1949).

Contrasting these late porcelain production portrayals with earlier images is instructional in terms of disparities between the time periods. It also offers visual appeal. The differences include:
  • Sagger production
  • Large jar manufacture
  • Famille noire
  • Handles on vases
  • Teapots within the scenes

In this lecture, the entire set of plaques will be displayed together for the first time.

Dr Shirley Mueller is an OCS member and a scholar of Chinese export porcelain. Her publications include Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play (Seattle: Lucia Marquand, 2019). Dr Mueller has served on multiple boards and committees in the United States, including the American Ceramic Circle and several museum boards.
Join Zoom Meeting

No registration is necessary. For more information and link contact:
The Oriental Ceramic Society info@orientalceramicsociety.org.uk
To find the correct time in your area, use this site: https://www.timeanddate.com
V & A Conference: Ceramics from Islamic Lands
July 19th – 23rd

Ceramics from Islamic Lands
by Mariam Rosser-Owen from the V&A Asian Department

This conference will happen online, in a month’s time, from 19th to 23rd July. It is free to attend, although registration is necessary.

There will be a live keynote lecture (from Oliver Watson) on the evening of 19th of July, then the remainder of that week will be live panel discussions morning and afternoon – the pre-recorded papers will be available to watch from two weeks before ‘conference week’ and two weeks after.

V&A Ceramic Conference Event Signup at the link below:

FEATURE ARTICLES
Halliday, Richard in Richards Foundation Grant Projects

In this excellent publication, Richard Halliday 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. Richard's study includes a discussion of the role of "pickles" on 18th and 19th century English tables, a review of how pickle dishes and milseys were used, and a comprehensive and well-organized catalog of patterns and shapes. Read the article.
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 was of prime importance to him to preserve a record of the skills, before it is too late. Read the article.
FEATURE BOOKS
101 Ceramic Highlights; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

101 Ceramic Highlights profiles the ceramic collections at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, through 101 carefully selected entries. Introductory essays also explore how this unique and special collection has developed from its origins in the 19th century. Naturally, this attractive publication references the world’s largest collection of North Staffordshire pottery, but also features objects from all over the world, exploring more than 4000 years of international ceramic history. Get more information.
Adams Ceramics: Staffordshire Potters and Pots, 1779-1998
Furniss, Wagner and Wagner

By studying primary source material, the authors have compiled the most authentic and readable record of the prolific Adams ceramic wares from England, including earthenware, bone china, jasper, stoneware, basalt, and Parian made over a 200 year period. Get more information.
CLUB & INFORMATION WEBSITES
The Wedgwood Society of New South Wales
The Wedgwood Society of New South Wales is an appreciation group interested in the products of Josiah Wedgwood, FRS (1730–1795) and his successors to the present day.
They are based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Members are from all over Australia and from other countries, with most resident in NSW. They publish a newsletter for members, The Medallion, and hold meetings, usually every second month, when they hear lectures or discussions about various aspects of Wedgwood and Wedgwood collecting. Link to the site.
The Wedgwood Society of Washington D.C.
The Wedgwood Society of Washington D.C. was formed in 2000 to promote the education and enjoyment of Wedgwood collectors in the mid-Atlantic area. Wedgwood enthusiasts and collectors meet several times a year to share their research in the form of lectures, newsletters and other educational forums. LInk to the site.
Find more of the informative resources we've compiled here.
NEW MEMBERSHIP ROSTER
A Membership List updated in April 2021 is now available (for members only and only for non-commercial use). Download now. Please review your entry on the list, and notify us of any changes in your contact information.
MEMBERSHIP
Has Your Postal Mailing Address Changed?????
If you have moved but are not receiving your quarterly TCC Bulletin, you probably forgot to notify our member chair of your new address (this applies to email address changes also). The bulletin is mailed “bulk” and is not forwarded to new addresses by the USPS. Please notify the member chair directly: membership@transferwarecollectorsclub.org
More About Transferware Collectors Club

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
We are now accepting simple classified (not display) advertisements from TCC member transferware dealers as well as non-dealer members. There is no charge for this member service. Following are the criteria:  
  • Limited to three quality images of item(s) for sale or example(s) of an item(s) you wish to purchase.
  • Include a very short description paragraph, including a link to your website and/or email address.
  • Dealers must be TCC members, limited to once/year maximum.
  • Requests will be processed in the order received, and there is no guarantee as to when your ad will be posted.
  • The TCC Web Administrator at his/her discretion has the right to reject inappropriate or inadequate submittals.

Contact:  

The Database Needs Editors 
Do you love a good mystery? Do you fancy yourself to be a Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple? If your answer is "yes", then you are the perfect candidate to join the ranks of TCC Database Detectives! Download more information.  

New Database Discoveries Articles Needed 
Please contact the web administrator with suggestions or contributions of future Database Discoveries articles. See Database Discoveries archives

Contributions Needed for Bulletin  
Bulletin editor Richard Halliday is seeking contributions for the upcoming bulletin.

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