Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

The process of transfer printing on pottery, which had its origins in the 1750s, was taken to its zenith in the mid 19 th century. By 1848 a process of colour printing on paper patented by George ...