RESPONSE TO A MARKET - DATING ENGLISH UNDERGLAZE TRANSFER-PRINTED WARES

At the end of the 18th century, the Staffordshire pottery industry beg an transfer printing designs on refined earthenwares. Gaining immediat e acceptance from both the British and American markets, printed earth enwares remained immensely popular until the mid-19th century. Hundred s of printed patterns were produced, and these patterns formed distinc tive decorative styles based on central motifs and borders. Using char acteristics of datable, marked vessels as a database, this study estab lishes a chronology for dating printed earthenwares based on decorativ e styles and color.