Blue printed Ocean Postage 2.5 inch high mug, ca. 1875 I started this blog to share what I have learned from studying transferware.   ...

A selection of British 19th century brown transferware, 1810-1880 Like all transferware colors, brown comes in many different shades. ...

Last year I wrote a post titled Rabbitware For Easter.   This year I shall show you a child's plate with a scene from the Crucifixio...

Nineteenth century child's plate , Goat As a child sitting at the Passover seder, I always looked forward to the song Had Gadya . ...

Joseph is an important person in the Old Testament as he connects the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Canaan to the subsequent story of...

Shell Edge Plates  Don Carpentier wrote an excellent article titled Do You Know What the Real Name for this Plate Edge Is?   It turns ...

Last year, I wrote about one of my favorite fables by Aesop, The Dog in the Manger .  This post seemed to resonate with my readers.  Many ...