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Transfer printing
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Transfer printing is a method of decorating pottery or other materials using an engraved copper or steel plate from which a monochrome print on paper is taken which is then transferred by pressing ont
A typical platter from the heyday of transferware, 1820–1850; an American scene ("Fair Mount near Philadelphia") in English earthenware Staffordshire
A typical platter from the heyday of transferware, 1820–1850; an American scene ("Fair Mount near Philadelphia") in English earthenware Staffordshire pottery
A transfer-printed Wedgwood tea and coffee service. c. 1775, Staffordshire, Victoria & Albert Museum
A transfer-printed Wedgwood tea and coffee service. c. 1775, Staffordshire, Victoria & Albert Museum
A steel roller for transfer printing with the resulting end product
A steel roller for transfer printing with the resulting end product
Tile designed by Walter Crane, c. 1890, made in Wheeling, West Virginia
Tile designed by Walter Crane, c. 1890, made in Wheeling, West Virginia
Blue and white pottery
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"Blue and white pottery" covers a wide range of white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. The decoration was commonly applied by hand, original
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…was much more complicated, and little used after about 1820. Both these techniques printed a single colour, which was most often the cobalt blue that had been heavily used for painting pottery for centuries. Its success was because the colour was attractive, and cobalt kept its colour in firing even at very high porcelain temperatures. Initially cobalt…
Jingdezhen soft paste porcelain vase with "Five Relationships" (wulun) design in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722), H. 33 cm. M
Jingdezhen soft paste porcelain vase with "Five Relationships" (wulun) design in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722), H. 33 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Islamic tin-glazed earthenware, with blue and white decoration, Iraq, 9th century. The Arabic calligraphy is ghibta, i.e. "happiness".
Islamic tin-glazed earthenware, with blue and white decoration, Iraq, 9th century. The Arabic calligraphy is ghibta, i.e. "happiness".
A blue and white stoneware plate with floral motif (cobalt-blue pigment over white slip), manufactured in kilns in Gongxian, Henan. Found in the Belit
A blue and white stoneware plate with floral motif (cobalt-blue pigment over white slip), manufactured in kilns in Gongxian, Henan. Found in the Belitung shipwreck, dated c. 825–850, Tang dynasty.
Early blue and white ware, first half of 14th century, Jingdezhen
Early blue and white ware, first half of 14th century, Jingdezhen