How did transfer printing on enamel work at the Battersea factory?

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Samson killing Philistines — Enamelwork Standing dish depicting Samson crushing the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, enamel on copper by Pierre Courteys, c. 1580; in the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. Height 9.8 cm, diameter 22.9 cm.

At the Battersea factory, which operated at York House in London between 1753 and 1756, transfer printing was utilized on a large scale to decorate Battersea enamelware.12

The process involved the following steps:
* An image was first engraved onto a metal plate.12
* The engraved plate was brushed with enamel colours.12
* An impression of the design was taken from the plate onto paper.12
* While still wet, the paper was pressed against the surface of the object—typically a soft white enamel ground covering a copper base—to transfer the design.312

This technique allowed for the efficient decoration of small ornamental items, such as snuffboxes and watchcases, often featuring portraits, landscapes, mottoes, or floral motifs in the Rococo style.1