Set 6 European Blue Transferware ( Or Painted?) Plates

Soft paste porcelain. 3 groups with three spurs marks each on the underside of the rims. Faded blue marks. Can't tell for sure if hand painted or transfer.
Any help with country, maker, age etc....
Thanks

 

These are transferware. Very pretty.

Juli

 

Thanks.
I am not sure what keywords to use in a search for the pattern. Is this an Asian scene? Fishermen? Are the figures Asian? Maybe their hats can give a hint.

 

I started to carry a 16x loupe with me on my hunts. You can spot transfers very easy by noticing a dot pattern in the images. Hopefully this helps you out on spotting them because some seem legit, don't want to get burnt.

 

I'm not an expert but I would probably say they are from about 1980s to present. The scene appears to be Asian based. Try looking up Asian Blue and white porcelain plates.

 

(They would be earthenware not soft paste porcelain). Here is a site with an example of your plates however they don't know the maker either. I did a look through the book I have handy without seeing this pattern and if no one identifies it I'll go scrounge my other books with Staffordshire blue and white patterns tomorrow.

http://www.blueandwhite.com/products.asp?p=19CN44637

 

Agreed Armando, I'd even go back as far as mid-1970s too. Thanks for the information.

 

No problem, I've ran into many of these so I started to take notes. I don't go out of my way to look for some but I'll take a gander every now and then.

 

I used to buy exactly this sort of thing when it was inexpensive. I still use my blue willow serving bowls lol. It always sold, so I'm sure there's still a good market out there for this. They are very pretty. If I were trying to make a set of these, I'd pay a good price for them.

 

Yes, they are lovely. I've always been fond of blue and white porcelain. I tend to stay on the Delft side.

 

I think they are considerably older. You'll notice the site I linked dates them c1820s.

 

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Transfers were invented in the 18th C.

 

Maybe I should of said there should be a difference in the transfer itself compared to modern transfers and ones from that time frame. Like I said, I'm not an expert on such things.

 

Thanks a bunch for the link. How can you tell they are earthenware but not soft paste porcelain?
As far as the age, I can tell by scratches from usage that they are 19th C.
Transferware goes way back.

 

The attribution of this pattern seems to be of Cambrian Pottery of Swansea, Wales.

 

Are the designs that fuzzy or is it that the close ups are simply out of focus?

 

Interesting plates.

The pattern is described as Malayan Long house or Malayan Long hut. As mentioned above there is a tantalizing possible link to Swansea/Cambrian Pottery but the pdf file on this is incomplete...it seems to suggest that the pattern was printed on a jug which was identical to pouch jugs made by Swansea. Had a quick look at Morton Nance and Hallesley but didnt see the pattern though.

Doubt if these are modern, the few sources (here's one) indicate early 19th century date.

 

i agree that these are old, blue and white transfer print have been 'outdated' so to speak, im not sure what they are doing now to print a pattern onto porcelain and stoneware, but they definately do it better, so to say, than the transferprint. and that is noticeable to see a difference between a made in china piece from the 80's to a transferprintet piece from 1890's

 

Early to mid 19th C and I'd have thought Staffordshire made, but hey.