Crimea

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.

Below, a wash ewer, again with typical Moore zig-zag lustre decoration, and a heavily lustred spout.

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.

Likely decorated at Sheepfolds Warehouse

Below is the Moore 1 version of the transfer on a blue-glass rolling pin, and beneath it a large milk-glass rolling pin, both 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.

A jug with an inscription, 'A Present from Newcastle', dated 1864. This shows that this Crimea transfer was used well into the 1860s. The jug was apparently a commission, likely from a family in the Channel Islands, sourced through a Newcastle retailer.

This Moore version of the transfer also appears on Scott-impressed bowls. As mentioned above, Scott's were supplying Moore's with 'blanks' during this period for decoration. Compare the zig-zag lustre decoration to the exterior of the bowl with the bowl above. So this bowl was likely potted at Scott's and decorated at Moore's.

The soup bowl below also has the 'SCOTT' impress. However, note that the transfer is printed in brown, which is a feature peculiar to Moore's Pottery.

Likely decorated at Sheepfolds Warehouse

A milk glass rolling pin with what appears to be the Moore 2 version of the transfer, again paired with Bridge 18 transfer. See the notes on the rolling pins above for a link to Sheepfolds Warehouse.

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Scott's Pottery 1

Below a wash ewer that would have once paired with a bowl similar to the one above.

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

The bowls below have 'months' transfers in the centre, a feature typical of Scott's. The first bowl has the 'August' transfer and the second bowl, 'September'.

A wash ewer with an inscription, c1855.

A jug with a hand-painted inscription for 1856, and beneath it another dated 1862, showing that, as with the Moore version, this transfer was used into the 1860s.