Identifier: transferprinting00turn (find matches)
Title: Transfer printing on enamels, porcelain and pottery : its origin and development in the United Kingdom
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Turner, William, -1643
Subjects: Transfer-printing Pottery Enameled ware
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall New York : Keramic Studio Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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f the new transfer processwere actually locked up and kept apart. So saysJewitt. There is not much reason to doubt theaccuracy of his statement. Indeed, it is confirmed,inferentially by John Randalls most interestingvolume—The Severn Valley. This peep into themanners and customs of our potting ancestors casts aflood of light on two points in our eventful history.First, it indicates clearly the absolutism that prevailed,so recently as a hundred and fifty years ago, of themaster over the man—that he could lock him up inbrave old England, whilst at work. Here is the keyto the action of Wedgwood, Holdship and Sadlertowards their artists, engravers, etc. It would notbe suffered nowadays one moment by men of spirit.Secondly, it tells us distinctly that trade secrets wereguarded with the utmost jealousy, and that may havebeen the reason why Battersea applied for no patentand wrapped the secret round with mystery untilLiverpool, by some means, got hold of the clue to it. 60 Plate No. XIX.
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Fig. B 8. PLAQUE, ENAMEL, BLACK PRINT. Swansea. Development in the 18th Century. With regard to the dates of overglaze and under-glaze transfer prints, at Caughley, we have noauthentic account save the time of Thomas Turnersleaving Worcester and his mastery of the new willowpattern. The oldest dated information appears to bean extract from a newspaper of 1st November, 1775,which stated that the new porcelain factory was nowcompleted. Jewitts account may be correct, but it isnot authenticated. Therefore we must fall back onthe Turner dates till we get more light. The onlyother speck of light which we have, and that is dimenough, is from Joseph Marryats History of Potteryand Porcelain, dated 1850, p. 183. After speaking ofDr. Wall, of Worcester, having discovered the secretof transferring printed patterns to biscuit ware,he says: This process was subsequently introducedin the Caughley manufactory by a partner in theoriginal Worcester manufactory, named Holdship.This is exceedingly vague

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