Transferware plates, platter, and tureen, 1814-1834

Transfer-printed earthenware was made by a mechanical process that produced colorful wares in large quantities. Romantic ruins, pastoral landscapes, and sporting scenes were engraved on copper plates, then inked with a ceramic color, print ed onto paper, and the paper then pressed to the surface of the piece to transfer the colored design to the pottery. Potters often marked the backs of these pieces with a series or pattern name.

Made primarily in Staffordshire, England
Transfer-printed earthenware
Tureen: Gift of Anna Woodman and Harry C. Daley, Gillespie, IL
Others: Gift of Dorothy B. McCumber Estate, Lewistown, IL
(702053 tureen, 745867 plate, 745871 platter)

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