Collecting transferware is always in style...Transferware is about as close as you can get to printing on ceramics. Developed in Staffordshire
England in around 1760, the technique consists of transferring a print
from an engraved and inked copper plate to a sheet of paper.
The paper is then applied to the unfired clay, earthenware or bone
china, which absorbs the ink from the paper. After the paper is
removed, the clay is glazed and fired.
Staffordshire had long been a center for fine ceramics, but the
Industrial Revolution made the area a center for mass-produced wares for
England’s growing middle class. Transferware permitted potteries to
produce far more than if they were hand painting. The sources for the earliest transferware designs were 18th-century
blue-and-white porcelain platters and plates from China, which were very
popular in England at the time. Italian and French scenes were also replicated in
blue on white. Brown, green & other colors were soon produced.
Today, collectors choose transferware based on the pottery, the color, the subject, or even the border. Blue transferware is a fave of many, brown in the last few years, has become highly collected & more difficult to find. I love to see a table of brown transferware in all different, mixed patterns....Sharing with you a few of my faves...
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Beautiful antique platter from Foxgloves Antiques |
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Rue 27 Maison |
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Vintage brown transferware dessert set at Rue 27 Maison |
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Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles |
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Gorgeous browns...via Architectural Digest |
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Love the details... |
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Beautiful setting from Martha Stewart |
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Beautiful brown transferware from Back Porch Musings |
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Rustic chic place setting... |
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Cabin & Cottage |
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Fabulous in an antique French armoire via Sweet Carolina Blues |
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Love the brown transferware with the whites... |
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Always time for a cup of Earl Grey.... |
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Until next time...Cheers!
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