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<p>[QUOTE="lelliott19, post: 3217897, member: 1971"]Hi Brian and thanks for you post. I am not pixieforpapa but I'll take a stab at answering your question anyway. I believe your cup and saucer is regular transferware. Instead of hand painting, ink is applied to an engraved copper plate that has the design on it. That is imprinted onto to a paper template which is applied to the item. The paper template burns away during firing. Flow blue is characterized by the blurred edges created when the inked pattern bleeds irregularly during firing. Since your cup and saucer lack the characteristic blurry edged bleed, I believe they would be considered normal transferware.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the color bleeds, it creates areas of light blue ghosting around the intended design. Like in this mark - see how the color has bled and created a light blue haze which causes the outside edges of the design to appear blurry?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296749[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lelliott19, post: 3217897, member: 1971"]Hi Brian and thanks for you post. I am not pixieforpapa but I'll take a stab at answering your question anyway. I believe your cup and saucer is regular transferware. Instead of hand painting, ink is applied to an engraved copper plate that has the design on it. That is imprinted onto to a paper template which is applied to the item. The paper template burns away during firing. Flow blue is characterized by the blurred edges created when the inked pattern bleeds irregularly during firing. Since your cup and saucer lack the characteristic blurry edged bleed, I believe they would be considered normal transferware. When the color bleeds, it creates areas of light blue ghosting around the intended design. Like in this mark - see how the color has bled and created a light blue haze which causes the outside edges of the design to appear blurry? [ATTACH=full]296749[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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