Printed Staffordshire pottery more than just blue transfers
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Printed Staffordshire pottery more than just blue transfers
Printed Staffordshire pottery goes beyond blue transfers. This oval platter by Albion Pottery has colorful decorations reminiscent of Chinese porcelain. Photo Credit: Courtesy of DuMouchelles (c) 2025 by Cowles Syndicate Inc.
If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own replacements for broken dishes.
To make these replacements, he created a ceramic using slag from processing iron, which his son patented as ironstone in 1813. Heavy, durable and hard to chip, it was clearly d…
