Description:
Engraved copper plate used for transfer printing onto ceramics. This particular plate is engraved with the lengthy inscription found on HD 2019.3.1, and is an exact match to the print. The inscription, taken from a speech delivered by Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones (1765-1811) to the British House of Commons, reads "I’m an Independent Man, Sir, – & I don’t care That! who hears me say so! – I don’t likeWooden Shoes! no Sir, neither French Wooden Shoes, no nor English Wooden shoes, neither! – and as to the tall Gentleman over the way, I can tell him, that I’m no Pizarro! – I’ll not hold up the Devil’s Tail to fish for a Place, or a Pension!! – I’m no skulker! – no, nor no Seceder neither! I’ll not keep out of the way, for fear of being told my own! – Here’s my Place, & Here I ought to speak! – I warrant I’ll not sneak into Taverns to drink humbug-Toasts that I am afraid to explain, not I! My motto is, “Independence & Old England” – and That! for all the rest of the World! there; That! – That! – That! – That! – That!" More specifically, this plate would have been used in the cold or "glue bat" method of transfer printing, which applies a print over the glaze. In this process, boiled linseed oil is applied to the surface of an engraved copper plate, and the excess oil wiped away. The copper plate is then pressed up against a sheet of gelatin (the glue bat), thus transfering the oil . The glue bat is then removed from the plate and then pressed up against the side of the pot, which transfers the clear oil designl. Powdered color is then dusted onto the oil, and the piece is fired to fix the design onto the side of the pot.
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