The Agamemnon in a storm
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The transfers on this page show the Atlantic cable-laying ship, Agamemnon, in a storm in 1858. The link below (from which I obtained the right image) gives an eye-witness account of the storm which lasted for more than a week. History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cabot Strait Cable and 1857-58 Atlantic Cable (atlantic-cable.com) |
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Two of the copper plates with this transfer originated at the Garrison Pottery (Dixon's). When the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865, one of the plates appears to have been acquired by Scott's and the other by Moore's.
The 'Garrison Pottery 1' plate that went to Scott's is in the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection (see below), and was donated by the Ball family. The transfer plate appears to have been acquired by Scott from Dixon when the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865 and re-engraved in places. It was later acquired from Scott's by Ball's Deptford Pottery. I have yet to find a Ball example with Agamemnon.
The 'Garrison Pottery 1' plate that went to Scott's is in the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection (see below), and was donated by the Ball family. The transfer plate appears to have been acquired by Scott from Dixon when the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865 and re-engraved in places. It was later acquired from Scott's by Ball's Deptford Pottery. I have yet to find a Ball example with Agamemnon.
Garrison Pottery 1
This is an early imprint, c1860, from the copper plate above. NB in this version there is a full stop after the title.
Garrison Pottery 2
Unfortunately, I don't have a better image of this transfer. It appears to be from the same copper plate as Moore's Pottery 2 below, with no full stop after the title.
However, the decoration of the jug is usually associated with the Garrison Pottery, and the Gauntlet Clipper transfer is the one used by that pottery. It could be that the transfer plate moved to Moore's when the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865.
Moore's Pottery 1
This transfer that appears on a Moore impressed bowl is the most detailed of those recorded. The waves crashing over the boat are particularly well rendered.
Note that there is a small diagonal scratch above the last 'n' in Agamemnon. The final image shows a normal sized frog mug beside this giant tankard.
Moore's Pottery 2
No full stop at the end of the title.
The transfer on a Moore-impressed punch bowl with similar zig-zag lustre decoration to the jug above.
Below a rare plaque with the second Moore version on the transfer.
Scott's Pottery
This is the reworked 'Garrison Pottery 1' version. Below, a large bowl with a 'SCOTT' impressed mark, over the letter S.
The images below show other transfers that appear with this version of 'Agamemnon'.
