Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey – 1764–1845
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Earl Grey, like Lord Brougham, was instrumental in passing both the Reform Act in 1832 and the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Far right is a verse plaque of unknown maker with the verse 'Reform': EARL GREY, steer'd his vessel well,
Through sea of factions storm; And the people long shall tell, of that gallant ship "REFORM" |
Photo Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales
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Earl Grey – Tyneside potteries
Cornfoot, Colville & Co, Low Lights Pottery, North Shields
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A circular plaque with the impressed mark C, C & Co, used at the Low Lights Pottery, North Shields by both the Cornfoot, Colville & Co partnership (1828–1832) and the Cornfoot, Carr & Co partnership (1832–1838). Read more about the dates of the North Shields partnerships here.
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Unidentified Tyneside pottery
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This transfer is very similar to the North Shields version above. However, the subtitle 'First Lord of the Treasury' isn't in italics. Below, another similar mug. |
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Both Tyneside and Wearside potters were known to have made jugs with blue collars. This one with the same transfer as the mug above.
Unidentified North East pottery
An unmarked plate from an as-yet unidentified pottery. This design is very similar in style to the Dixon-Austin versions of Russell and Brougham. However, the green and red enamels suggest these plates are from Tyneside rather than Wearside. It appears that the North East potters were copying transfers from the Staffordshire potter, Chesworth & Robinson, with roses, thistles and shamrocks on either side of the portrait. See the Brougham page for a C&R example with the sprigs on either side.
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
Three Maling-attributed jugs from the early 1830s, just as that pottery was developing its trademark green-fleck decoration.
A mug with a hand-painted inscription. Interestingly the birth year, presumably 1832, has been scratched out.
Earl Grey – Staffordshire potteries
Attributed to Chesworth and Robinson / Chetham and Robinson
A moulded Staffordshire jug of a kind associated with the above potteries, although this jug is unmarked.
Chesworth and Robinson / Chetham and Robinson
The Fitzwilliam Museum catalogue states:
(i) to the left of the handle: a bust of Lord Grey wearing Peer’s robes, signed ‘Kennedy’
(ii) to the right of the handle: a wreath of shamrock, rose and thistle, enclosing the word ‘REFORM’
This is one of three similar pink lustre mugs in the Fitzwilliam Collection, the other two are larger. They have the same shape, similar decoration including the inscription ‘REFORM’, and the same mark, which is probably that of Chetham & Robinson, although a ‘C&R’mark was also used by a neighbouring pottery, Chesworth & Robinson.. The engraved images on all three mugs are by ‘Kennedy’, probably James Kennedy of Burslem who made engravings and copper plates for factories as far afield as the Herculaneum Pottery in Liverpool.
(i) to the left of the handle: a bust of Lord Grey wearing Peer’s robes, signed ‘Kennedy’
(ii) to the right of the handle: a wreath of shamrock, rose and thistle, enclosing the word ‘REFORM’
This is one of three similar pink lustre mugs in the Fitzwilliam Collection, the other two are larger. They have the same shape, similar decoration including the inscription ‘REFORM’, and the same mark, which is probably that of Chetham & Robinson, although a ‘C&R’mark was also used by a neighbouring pottery, Chesworth & Robinson.. The engraved images on all three mugs are by ‘Kennedy’, probably James Kennedy of Burslem who made engravings and copper plates for factories as far afield as the Herculaneum Pottery in Liverpool.
