Yes, they were hand carved into a copper plate. The plate was then inked. A tissue paper was laid on top (transferring the design from plate to tissue). Then the tissue paper was laid on the ceramic. Check out the TCC website for tons of great information about transferwares, plus a database for identifying and dating patterns. https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/ Mary On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM Terry Majewski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My understanding is that they were punched into the copper plate by hand > as part of the design. > > Teresita Majewski, Ph.D., RPA, FSA | Executive Vice President > Statistical Research, Inc.| 3170 East Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 > Office (520) 721-4309 | Cell (520) 907-9677 | www.sricrm.com > > Statistical Research, Inc., is a certified woman-owned small business that > has provided Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation > services since 1983. > > This communication is confidential and is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity named above. If you have received this communication > in error, please immediately destroy it and notify the sender by reply > e-mail or by telephone (909) 335-1896 (call collect). > > -----Original Message----- > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Susan Wlater > Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 11:56 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: dot matrix for transferwares > > Hi All, > Does anyone know how the dot matrix that characterizes transferware > patterns were made and applied? > Were they hand punched into the plate? Or some kind of a machine produced > them? > Thanks, > S. Walter > [log in to unmask] > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://url.emailprotection.link/?blGrx8TcLDzAiQ76Zvr4bmr5Jaaalfk4eFqb4jMhDZelOy55QoYl4_Sk7eiVgCjP232WgdN1c1CfVTC68HXWMXQ~~ > > ######################################################################## > > Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives: > > https://url.emailprotection.link/?bhD6fta3aJy-56wqrWz3WX6qm67fw1GhMVPCxYBuayqJOZ6Rs0iHzQwVnl9IkexGmA-RvKbZivnbBfMvCRvakbzjmSbWY7joFrGY9TGHdvI_SzDsCbU90-oNlISVHCxyIy7rPBCOsZVTc99DErPIbgocZu99iYiN5P5txT4hnzis~ > > Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List: > > https://url.emailprotection.link/?bhD6fta3aJy-56wqrWz3WX6qm67fw1GhMVPCxYBuayqJOZ6Rs0iHzQwVnl9IkexGmcPU6r2bOfLdV1xb3q--IUDYNj7C9W3L8L_7O3bIzMCRaBPxu8kvNQCi6N_Hw5jXN-tkJKjmCsNYw-AasSQXy88cWRe3xAVgwPwN8efyexjk~ > > This email list is powered by LISTSERV: > > https://url.emailprotection.link/?byKWgYzX0cwcFgTyTgl1cin1qTjgdGXV-cOfvPcyU82ISnEQ3y2aJc1d_2FTUNcugv_5oghJB9cRoaTf18giiNdfb7TrQF7PPDeqQq3GDl0h1J6iQSTRkkqPC0cAodX_A > > ######################################################################## > > ######################################################################## > > Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives: > https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH > > Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List: > > https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 > > This email list is powered by LISTSERV: > https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > ######################################################################## > -- MARY FURLONG MINKOFF • Curator of Archaeological Collections James Madison’s Montpelier | montpelier.org <http://www.montpelier.org> o: 540.672.2728 x165 [image: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MontpelierArchaeology/?ref=bookmarks] <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MontpelierArchaeology/?ref=bookmarks> [image: https://www.instagram.com/montpelier_arch/] <https://www.instagram.com/montpelier_arch/> [image: https://twitter.com/montpelier_arch?lang=en] <https://twitter.com/montpelier_arch?lang=en> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqLbiQ69pOZh2Wt4xKZPxCw> [image: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-furlong-minkoff-35965589/] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-furlong-minkoff-35965589/> Help us create a better, accessible collections system here! <https://collections.montpelier.org/> ######################################################################## Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives: https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List: https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 This email list is powered by LISTSERV: https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html ########################################################################
