#transfer print

Daffodil Time tea and coffee sets by Shelley, c. 1940

This light blue transfer print bowl and saucer were found during the 2006 excavations of an early 1830s-1840s privy in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Both have the maker’s mark “Greyhound” on the bottom. The center scene on both the saucer and the inside of the bowl shows a light-colored greyhound standing and a dark-colored greyhound lying down among some bushes and flowers. In the background is a tree, and in the far background are a river and a building on a hill. Surrounding the center scene is a honeycomb design. Above that design is a series of leaves nested in alternating dark and light dots. Above that is a scrolling design. The saucer is about 5¾ inches in diameter at the rim. Nearly 40 percent of the bowl is missing, but it is about 6¼ inches in diameter at the rim and just over 3 inches tall. No information could be found about the “Greyhound” design or the maker’s mark.

photocopy collage with ink, transfer print on canvas

“3-Eyed Christmas Goat”
Transfer print, marker, 2018
© Ethan H Hutchinson

The pearlware transfer print platter pictured here has large flowers surrounding the rim with a band of heartlike designs at the edge. Although this platter is broken, the remaining portion of the center scene shows two men in a boat, on a lake surrounded by flowers, shrubs, and buildings. This scene is surrounded by a white wavy band that separates it from the large flowers on the rim.

transfer print from 2022, Anna McColley

transfer print from 2022, Anna McColley