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The Club, founded 1973, exists to study under-glaze blue decoration using a transfer print, a technique developed in Britain during the last two decades of the eighteenth century, when patterns deriving from contemporary Chinese porcelain designs began to appear. Many of these early designs were very similar to what we know today as Willow Pattern. As time went on, however, and techniques improved and tastes changed, every kind of design imaginable was used, from stately homes to bowls of flowers, from historical scenes to ships at sea.
An article by Grahame and Arleen Tanner in a recent FOB bulletin attributes this pattern to the Cambrian Pottery Swansea. |
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| Today, these products of British potters are far better appreciated than ever before and are sought after by collectors, not only in the UK, but also abroad, particularly in North America, to where large quantities of the wares were exported during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. |  |
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For as little as £15.00 p.a. (£19.00 overseas) you can become a Member of the Friends of Blue, receiving four illustrated newsletters (Bulletins) per year, and gaining access, by arrangement with the Keeper of Records, to the Club's Records built up over more than twenty-five years by the efforts and information of Members. The Annual General Meeting and Day Conference is held on the last Sunday in June. Local Meetings of small groups of Members are also encouraged. These are offered and hosted by individual Members in their own homes with the help of Committee Members. Special previews of auction sales and free catalogues are also offered. Why not download an Application Form now and visit other pages on our web site to find out more about us. On-line enquiries should be addressed to our Web Manager, Gerard Ledger at: grledger@@fob.org.uk (Please copy and paste and delete one of the @s). Postal enquiries may be sent to the Secretary: Arthur Roberts, PO Box 122, Didcot D.O., Oxon. UK. OX11 0YN. |
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| WHAT DOES BLUE AND WHITE PRINTED POTTERY MEAN TO FOB? | ||
| SOCIETY AIMS AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM | ||
| TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY PLATE |
| TRUE BLUE | Edited by Gaye Blake Roberts, records photos and info on over 700 pieces displayed at the 25th Anniversary Exhibition at the Wedgwood Museum. | |
| EXCERPTS FROM RECENT BULLETINS | ||
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| Link to the Transferware Collectors Club |
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| TOP | This site is maintained by Gerard Ledger grledger@@fob.org.uk Please copy and paste the above address if you wish to email me, deleting one of the @s. . | |
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