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...
Why "flow blue"? About 200 years ago potters learned to duplicate patterns by transferring them on paper from engraved metal plates to pottery which was then was heated in a super-hot oven (kiln) where the...
Ok ,let's start with a short, very short history of pottery making in the UK and that means England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and, for the purpose of this excercise only ... to include the republic...
BLUE WILLOW is the the most famous most popular china pattern ever produced. It seems as if everyone's grandmother had at least a piece or two. This guide will give you some background on the history of...
This guide provides a basic introduction to collecting children's dishes for the beginning collector. Child Sized Eating Dishes (This is PART II, continued from Collecting Children's Dishes - Part I) A...
Here is yet another installment of many guides that we, Replacements, LTD, will be posting to provide some interesting information on several manufacturer's of some the world's most collectible porcelain...
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...
To Buyers: Carefully Read the Descriptions and Small Print (if it exists)in Any and All Listings Before You Bid or Buy - Protect Yourself from Being Scammed by Dishonest Sellers who Purposely Misrepresent...
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...