Mosaic Monday: Red Transferware

I think most of you have already caught on by now -- I have a "thing" for red transferware. It doesn't necessarily have to be old. After all, I did spend almost an entire year hitting all the different HomeGoods, TJMaxx's and Marshalls in my state of New Jersey collecting a set of reproduction Spode dinnerware for my red dining room.

At the same time, I always have an eye out for vintage or antique pieces as well. I do sometimes use them in my table settings, although most of the time they sit on my hutch and in my corner cabinet. There is something about the older pieces that just speaks to me.

I wanted to show you two pieces I got recently. The top two pictures show an antique plate from the 1830's or 1840's. It is part of the Florentine China transferware series attributed to Samuel Alcock & Co., a major pottery manufacturer based in Burslem, Staffordshire. Don't you just love the maker's mark with the beehive? The pattern is called Pearl. The plate is not in great condition, but I still love it.

The saucer (bottom two images) is a much newer piece, made in the 1980's by J&G Meakin. The scene depicted is Holy Trinity Church in Stratford - on - Avon. The maker's mark for that plate is beautiful as well. Both plates are currently displayed on my dining room hutch.

If you are a transferware junkie like me, you must visit Nancy, at Nancy's Daily Dish. Her dishes are to die for! Tell her Mary sent you. :)

Now let's have some mosaic fun! Here are the instructions:
1. Publish your Mosaic Monday post.
2. Once it is published, click on the title of the post. This will lead you to the static link for your post. The static link is the page with only that post on it. Copy the url from your browser at the top of the page.
3. Paste the url into the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
4. Type your name in the appropriate inlinkz box in this post.
5. Click on "Enter."
6. Please link back to this Mosaic Monday post so that your readers can find other wonderful mosaics.

That's all there is to it! It's always a good idea to then check and see if your link is working. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: mrcarroll(at)optonline.