What is transferware? Transferware is a pottery decorating process invented about 200 years ago. Potters learned to transfer a pattern from an engraved metal plate to china. When the item is heated in a...
When buying antique and vintage decorative porcelain pottery earthenware or ironstone to decorate with, look for items with high impact, interesting even fun designs applied by the low tech transfer method at...
Tea Leaf Ironstone China For nearly 200 years, English-produced ironstone china has had a significant place at the American table. It was not long after the turn of the 19th Century that English potters...
Within the last several years there have been a flood of ironstone imports from China, generally blue transferware, bearing a mark which looks like or mimics the 19th century English coat-of-arms mark. These...
THE MYSTERY, GLAMOUR, AND HUMOR OF 19TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE English Ceramics offer a charm and naiveté that is hard to resist, and the porcelains are as sophisticated and fine as it is possible to be. This...
Decorative art in the form of English Staffordshire porcelain, earthenware and ironstone adds warmth, charm and individuality to any home or collection! Items as small as "miniature plate" space saving butter...