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Channeling cooler temps! 🍁 Pre-Fall SALE in the MSM Booth at The Curated Cottage. Let’s make room for Fall and Winter! ...
09/04/2026

Channeling cooler temps! 🍁 Pre-Fall SALE in the MSM Booth at The Curated Cottage. Let’s make room for Fall and Winter! Think 🤔 Hostess and Christmas gifts!

There's a new tea towel in town. Gingiber's 2027 Mums & Robins. Cute enough to gift, bold enough to keep, and guaranteed...
09/04/2026

There's a new tea towel in town. Gingiber's 2027 Mums & Robins. Cute enough to gift, bold enough to keep, and guaranteed to give any kitchen a POP of happy!

MSM Booth #5322 The Curated Cottage

. . . Restock | New Stock . . .🍂 …channeling Fall vibes. Come check out the restocked and new stock in the MSM Booth at ...
08/18/2026

. . . Restock | New Stock . . .

🍂 …channeling Fall vibes. Come check out the restocked and new stock in the MSM Booth at The Curated Cottage.

🇬🇧Spode Italian Transferware in Blue and Green - begin or add to your collection!

🥬Green Cabbageware - versitle pieces for all seasons, coordinating with blues, pinks, and browns.

🇬🇧Staffordshire Dog Picks - with four colors to select from, get multiples to add to potted plants or floral arrangements.

🍯Single-use Clover Honey Spoons — perfect addition to a gift mug or tea towel. Product of USA.

🫖 Gingiber Tea Towels - generous sized, 100% cotton towels with beautiful prints!

Gift and home decor ideas abound at The Cottage.

✨ The History of Transferware: A 250‑Year Love Story ✨If you’ve ever swooned over a blue pastoral plate or a rosy floral...
08/16/2026

✨ The History of Transferware: A 250‑Year Love Story ✨

If you’ve ever swooned over a blue pastoral plate or a rosy floral teacup, you’ve likely met transferware — a decorating technique that’s been charming collectors and home decorators for more than 250 years.

Most folks think of patterns like Blue Willow when they hear the word, but transferware isn’t a pattern at all. It’s a printing method that revolutionized the pottery world in the mid‑1700s. Instead of painting each piece by hand, artisans used engraved copper plates and ceramic ink to transfer intricate designs onto pottery. The result? Beautifully detailed scenes, consistent patterns, and more affordable pieces for everyday homes.

🖤 How Transferware Is Made -- A little magic, a little engineering:

• A decorative design is engraved onto a copper plate
• The plate is coated with ceramic ink
• The image is printed onto thin transfer paper
• The paper is applied to unfired pottery, transferring the design
• The piece is glazed and fired, sealing the artwork beneath the surface

Most antique transferware isn’t porcelain — it’s ironstone, sturdy and meant to be used and loved.

🇬🇧 Where It All Began

Nearly all early transferware came from Staffordshire, England, the beating heart of the British pottery industry. You’ll still see familiar names stamped on the backs of vintage plates:

• Wedgwood
• Johnson Bros.
• Spode
• Royal Doulton
• …and many more

🌿 Iconic Designs & Beloved Patterns

Transferware spans thousands of motifs — Chinoiserie pagodas, American landmarks, botanical florals, pastoral countryside scenes — in colors like cobalt blue, mulberry, brown, green, and pink.

Do you have a favorite transferware pattern or color?

Sneak peek 🫣 even the packaging is beautiful!…coming soon to the MSM Booth at The Curated Cottage. 💚 💙
08/13/2026

Sneak peek 🫣 even the packaging is beautiful!

…coming soon to the MSM Booth at The Curated Cottage. 💚 💙

17-Month Planners remain discounted to $10.00! That’s organization at less than $1 per month! 🙀
08/06/2026

17-Month Planners remain discounted to $10.00! That’s organization at less than $1 per month! 🙀

🍂 Harris Mornings Mug - checking the ETA on the restock order of green cabbage ware and NEW coordinating Spode Heritage ...
08/06/2026

🍂 Harris Mornings Mug - checking the ETA on the restock order of green cabbage ware and NEW coordinating Spode Heritage Italian dinnerware in green and blue 🙀! -coming soon to the MSM booth at The Curated Cottage.

07/31/2026

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111 South Fulton Street
Iuka, MS
38852

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