transfer printing

transfer printing

      method of decorating pottery by using an inked, engraved copperplate to make a print on paper that, while still wet, is pressed against a glazed pottery surface, leaving behind an impression, or transfer, of the engraving. Sometimes these monochrome transfer prints were subsequently filled in with colour by hand.

      Much about the authorship of the invention is conjectural, but it is known that it originated in England some time in the 1750s and was imitated on the Continent (in Sweden c. 1766, in Germany c. 1770, in Switzerland c. 1775, and in France c. 1790). In England transfer printing developed at Battersea, London, as an adjunct to the enamel painting on copper done there. Robert Hancock, who may have learned the process at Battersea, was using it around 1757 at Worcester (and possibly earlier at Bow). At Liverpool, John Sadler and Guy Green, who claimed in 1756 to have invented transfer printing, used the technique to decorate pottery made by several factories, particularly Josiah Wedgwood's creamware. The technique played a material part in the revolution wrought by Wedgwood's development of a factory system for the production of pottery, for it enabled less skilled workers to decorate pottery.

      Transfer-printed earthenware in blue became popular after 1790 and was produced in enormous quantities; for example, by Spode. Polychrome transfer printing, essayed tentatively at Liverpool during the 1760s, was mastered by the early 19th century, as was transfer printing in gold. Lithographic transfers followed around 1851.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • transfer printing — noun 1. : decalcomania 2. : a process of pottery decoration in which designs engraved on copper or drawn on stone are transferred to the ware by the use of tissue paper * * * transfer printing, 1. any process of printing by transfer. 2. a method… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Transfer-print — Transfer printing is a mass production method of applying an image to a curved or uneven surface. It is most commonly used for printing on porcelain and other hard surfaced pottery.Transfer printing evolved in England in the 1750s. The image is… …   Wikipedia

  • Printing — is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.HistoryWoodblock… …   Wikipedia

  • Dye-transfer printing — Копирование с переносом красителя …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • Heat transfer printing — Печатание термопереводных изображений …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • Thermal-transfer printing — Печатание с использованием термопереноса …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …   Universalium

  • PRINTING, HEBREW — pre modern period The first mention of Jews in connection with printing is found in Avignon c. 1444 (before Gutenberg) when a Jew, Davin de Caderousse, studied the new craft. The first Hebrew books were printed at least within 35 years after the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • printing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Process of producing impressions Nouns 1. printing; typography, stereotype, electrotype; block printing; lithography, chromolithography, planography, collotype; offset, letterpress, gravure, rotogravure …   English dictionary for students

  • printing ink — noun a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑printer s ink • Hypernyms: ↑ink * * * noun : an ink used in printing and consisting of a pigment or pigments of the required color mixed with oil or varnish;… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”