Royal Crown Derby Cobalt Blue Coffee Service
Royal Crown Derby, porcelain coffee service, cobalt blue transfer decoration, comprising five demitasses, six saucers, a coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl, printed factory marks to undersides (14), height 7.09 in., (coffee pot). Provenance: The Estate of Neville Grace, Sydney
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- Transfer Printed / Decorated Transferware - Transfer printing is method of decorating ceramics, reducing the cost of decoration when compared to employing artists to paint each piece. A print was taken on transfer-paper from an engraved copperplate, covered in ink prepared with metallic oxides, and the image on the paper was then applied to the biscuit-fired ceramic body. The print was fixed by heating the object in an oven, and then glazed, sealing the picture. Early transfer prints were blue and white, as cobalt was the only colour to stand firing without blurring. Early in the 19th century advances in the composition of the transfer paper resulted in better definition and detail, and enabled engravers to combine line-engraving with stipple.
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