This volume is the first of a three-part series which deals with those ceramics with a white creamware or pearlware body and decorated with black transfers of events and personages from the Revolution and War of 1812. Containing over 800 black/white and 50 color illustrations, this first volume alone contains photographic images of over 300 views never before illustrated. The second and third parts, which will be published by 2005, deal with the blue decorated scenic views commonly referred to as "Historical Staffordshire."