What is transferware?

Earthenware decorated by printing a design from an engraved copper plate onto tissue, which is then laid onto the plate before glazing. It replaced hand-painting and made a patterned dinner plate affordable from the late 18th century. On Sellingantiques it's the largest single block in this category, and the pattern name is usually quoted in the title.

How old are these plates?

The dealer date field spans 1750 to 1940, but only fifty of 214 listings carry a clean year. The rest sit in century buckets, with 19th Century and 18th Century doing almost all the work. The oldest pieces aren't English. A Chinese Wanli kraak deep plate and a Ming Swatow charger are the earliest in the samples. The latest are three Continental faience chargers in Moorish style given as 1940.

Are Imari plates blue and white?

Not strictly. Imari is a palette of underglaze blue with iron red and gilding, and it appears under this heading alongside polychrome delft and painted dessert plates. Japanese Imari runs to under a tenth of the category and is almost entirely current stock, dated between 1890 and 1920. Scalloped, octagonal, shell-shaped and fish-shaped examples all turn up.

Do these come as sets or singles?

Singles dominate, but pairs appear in a good many titles, and sets of four, six, seven and ten recur through the samples. Graduated sets of meat plates and sets of six named-pattern plates sit high in the range.

Which dealers list in this category?

Sixty-one different dealers have listed blue and white plates, with roughly twenty-seven pieces coming to market a year. It's a category spread thinly across a great many stockrooms rather than held by a few specialists, which is why the mix of delft, printed pottery and Asian porcelain stays broad.

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Antique Blue and White Plates

Q: Why do so many plates name a place?

Printed patterns in this category are unusually literal. Titles quote destinations and scenes: Boston State House, Fair Mount near Philadelphia, Glasgow Cathedral, Linlithgow Palace, Nuneham Courtenay Park, the Mausoleum of Sultan Purveiz. The plate names the view it carries, which is why series titles and pattern names carry weight in a listing.

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Flat ceramic tableware painted or printed in blue on a white ground, running from tea and toy plates through dinner and soup plates to meat platters and wall chargers.

16th century

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16th-century Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain Swatow Charger Bowl Plate

From Artsonline

£329

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18th century

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An 18th Century Delft Plate.

From Youngs Antiques

£200

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18th century

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An 18th Century Delft Plate.

From Youngs Antiques

£120

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19th century

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Japanese Imari Plate

From Shackladys Antiques

£595

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18th century

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Six English Georgian Blue and White Plates C1830

From Shaun King Antiques

£360

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Polychrome Lambeth Delft Plate Circa 1740

18th century

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Polychrome Lambeth Delft Plate Circa 1740

From Timberhill Gallery

£325

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“The Beemaster “A Blue and White Plate, the Maker Unknown, Possibly William Adam, Dating Circa 1820

19th century

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“The Beemaster “A Blue and White Plate, the Maker Unknown, Possibly William Adam, Dating Circa 1820

From Oliver Sargent Antiques

£175

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1900 - 1920

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Pair of Antique Chinese Plates

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£485

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Georgian Staffordshire Lovick’s Pattern Blue & White Serving Plate C1830

18th century

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Georgian Staffordshire Lovick’s Pattern Blue & White Serving Plate C1830

From Shaun King Antiques

£425

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A Fine Worcester Blue & White, Kangxi the Hundred Antiques, Design Plate, Dating Circa 1775

18th century

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A Fine Worcester Blue & White, Kangxi the Hundred Antiques, Design Plate, Dating Circa 1775

From Oliver Sargent Antiques

£425

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Printed titles on Sellingantiques quote real places: Boston State House, Glasgow Cathedral, Linlithgow Palace, Nuneham Courtenay Park. The plate names the view it carries.

18th century

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Decorative Plate

From Carradale Farm Antiques

£250

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18th century

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Set of Three 18th C Delft Plates

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£275

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Early Georgian Blue & White Buffalo Bread Stand C1800

18th century

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Early Georgian Blue & White Buffalo Bread Stand C1800

From Shaun King Antiques

£185

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Pretty Antique Blue and White Large Japanese Imari Plate

1900 - 1920

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Pretty Antique Blue and White Large Japanese Imari Plate

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£345

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19th century

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3 E19thc +1l19c Blue and White Perfect Pictorial Plates

From Mike Melody Antiques

£240

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Quality Antique Japanese Imari Large Plate

1900 - 1920

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Quality Antique Japanese Imari Large Plate

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£365

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Antique Blue and White Plates

16th-century Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain Swatow Charger Bowl Plate

An 18th Century Delft Plate.

An 18th Century Delft Plate.

Japanese Imari Plate

Six English Georgian Blue and White Plates C1830

Polychrome Lambeth Delft Plate Circa 1740

“The Beemaster “A Blue and White Plate, the Maker Unknown, Possibly William Adam, Dating Circa 1820

Pair of Antique Chinese Plates

Georgian Staffordshire Lovick’s Pattern Blue & White Serving Plate C1830

A Fine Worcester Blue & White, Kangxi the Hundred Antiques, Design Plate, Dating Circa 1775

Decorative Plate

Set of Three 18th C Delft Plates

Early Georgian Blue & White Buffalo Bread Stand C1800

Pretty Antique Blue and White Large Japanese Imari Plate

3 E19thc +1l19c Blue and White Perfect Pictorial Plates

Quality Antique Japanese Imari Large Plate

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