Crimea

SUNDERLAND AND TYNE LUSTRE POTTERY

Crimea – Sunderland

Moore's Pottery 1

Two bowls with the Moore impress (see last image above). Scott's sent 'blanks' to Moore's for decoration during this period, so the transfers on the bowls below sometimes also appear on marked 'SCOTT' items. The zig-zag lustre decoration is typical of Moore's. The second has an inscription for 1859.

A more unusual bowl, raised on a pedestal, also with the Moore & Co impress. It has the Crimea transfer on the inside and outside of the bowl. Beneath it, a similar frog mug.

Below, a large teapot with the transfer, from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection. The Museum catalogue lists this item as 'probably' made at Scott's. However, the decoration and transfer printing, at least, were done by Moore's. The leaf-shaped lustre decoration appears on plaques from that pottery.

Below is an unmarked eel pot with the same transfer. The Moore transfer is easily identifiable by the curved diagonal slant of the word CRIMEA.

This is the Moore 1 version of the transfer on a blue glass rolling pin, likely decorated by Sheepfolds Warehouse, run by Thomas Snowball. During this late period, the relationship between Moore's, Scott's and Sheepfolds is hard to untangle. The transfer plate could have only been in one location at a time, and my guess is the rolling pins came later.

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Moore's Pottery 2

This transfer, which appears on typical Moore plaques, has some striking differences from the one above. Note the positioning of the text 'Crimea' in the shield. In that respect it is similar to the Scott's transfers below. However, note the single spiral directly under the 'M' in 'CRIMEA' and compare it to the Scott versions below.

Below, an unmarked slop bowl with the transfer and zig-zag lustre decoration typical of Moore's. The bowl has a 'New Bridge' transfer, so was made after 1859.

The Moore version appears on Scott-impressed soup bowls. As mentioned above, Scott's were supplying Moore's with 'blanks' during this period for decoration. However, note that the transfer is printed in brown, like the second plaque and other items above. That is a feature peculiar to Moore's Pottery. So the bowl was potted at Scott's and decorated at Moore's.

Scott's Pottery 1

Scott's had at least two variations of the transfer, distinguishable by small details such as the distribution of dots on the lion's cheek. The details below are from Scott's Pottery 1 on the left below, and Scott's Pottery 2 in centre and on the right. The centre details are from the Scott-impressed bowl below. The right details are from the first frog mug below, with 'The Flag That's Braved a Thousand Years' transfer.

Scott's Pottery 2

A different shaped, and unmarked, bowl with what appears to be the same version of this transfer.

It is very difficult to compare transfers running over concave and convex surfaces, especially when overpainted with enamels. I'm yet to find a unique flaw (a mark or speckle from an imperfection in the copper plate) that would conclusively tie some of these items together. In this group the full stop after 'CRIMEA' is almost obscured by the scrolls of the frame.