Description:Lantern slide showing a transfer positioned on a plate prior to application and a finished plate.
The transfer was produced using an engraved copper plate, which features elsewhere in the collection. The design is called "Willow". Originally a Spode pattern, it has subsequently been used and emulated by many pottery manufacturers.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing approximately sixty reader cards was found in the same box as the slides. The cards contain information about the images. The card that appears to correspond to this slide reads;
"Plate with Transfer. The paper is cut up, fitted in place on the ware, rubbed, and the paper washed away leaving the design transferred from the paper to the ware. It is fired in a kiln and results in the finished article as shown on the right. The left shows the paper design on the ware before washing off."