SUNDERLAND AND TYNE LUSTRE POTTERY
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    • A little health... (Tyne)
    • Distress me with those tears...
    • Foremast man...
    • Forget Me Not
    • Glide on my bark...
    • Life's like a ship...
    • Man Doom'd to Sail – The Tear
    • My bonny sailor's won my mind... (Tyne)
    • My heart is fix'd... (Tyne)
    • Now weigh the anchor...
    • Sailor's Tear
    • Success to all sailors... (Tyne)
    • Success to the Farmer
    • Success to the Tars of Old England (Here's to you Jack)
    • The sails unfurl, let the billows...
    • Thou noble bark...
    • Thus smiling at peril... (Tyne)
    • Time (Tyne)
    • When tempests mingle...
    • When this you see... (Tyne)
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Forget Me Not – Sunderland

​FORGET ME NOT.

The sailor tossed on stormy seas
Though far his bark may roam,
Still hears a voice in every breeze
That wakens thoughts at home;
He thinks upon his distant friends
His wife , his humble cot ,
And from his inmost heart ascends
The prayer forget me not.

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery 1

This version of the transfer has the poet's name 'Barten' at the end.  However, it is misspelt and should read 'Barton'.  Read more about Bernard Barton on Ian Holmes' site here.  This jug has an inscription for 1828.

Below two items with the transfer and coloured over-enamels, likely from the 1830s.
The jug above has a printed mark for Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery.
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Photo Ian Holmes
Another similar jug, with a printed mark 'Dixon & Co Sunderland Pottery' under the Northumberland 74 transfer.

Two larger sized jugs, again from the 1830s.  The second has a second handle to aid pouring.

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery 2

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A smaller version of the transfer without the floral wreath border.  Below shown on two small milk or cream jugs and a lidded pot from the 1830s.

Dixon, Phillips & Co, Garrison Pottery 1

The mark on the plaque above suggests it was made post 1850.  The jug and bowl below are from a similar date.

Dixon, Phillips & Co, Garrison Pottery 2


​This version, without the title or ship at the top of the verse, is ​from a copper plate in ​the ​Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, 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 (see Scott's Pottery 3 below).  It was later acquired from Scott's by Ball's Deptford Pottery. 
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Moore's Pottery

The verse without a title or ship also appears on a small slop bowl and large punchbowl, both with the Moore impress.  This transfer is very hard to distinguish from the Garrison 2 version above / Scott's Pottery 2 version below.  But it does come from a different transfer plate.

Scott's Pottery 1

A different rendering of the transfer on a flower-coloured jug, typical of Scott's Southwick pottery from the 1830s.

Scott's Pottery 2

The frog mug above (c1840) is earlier than the items below and has a typical black Scott frog with pink lips. The 1850s' bowl below has the Scott impress.
The first row of photos below shows three more views of the bowl above.  The second row shows another Scott-impressed wash basin with the transfer.
Below, two jugs with typical 'Scott' lustre decoration to the collar, spout and handle from the 1850s.

Scott's Pottery 3

These imprints are from the same copper plate as the Garrison Pottery 2 version above, which was apparently acquired by Scott's after 1865 when the Garrison Pottery closed.  The copper plate is on display in the Sunderland Museum.  The Crimea transfer with soldiers shaking hands is also a Dixon transfer but from a different copper plate, purchased and repurposed by Scott's.  It is by this time an anachronism.  Orange lustre was introduced in 1870, 5 years after the Garrison Pottery closed, and about 15 years after the Crimean War.  The frog, wavy application of lustre, and enamelling are all typical of Scott's.

Attributed to Ball's Deptford Pottery

The transfers on these mugs appear to come from the same copper plate as the Scott's wares above.  Ball's bought up many of Scott's transfer plate and continued making lustre items into the 20th century.  The jug below has a moulded handle rarely found on earlier Sunderland items.
​The pink lustre decoration on the first mug is typical of items from Ball's Deptford Pottery.
The maroon enamel and crude decoration are again synonymous with Ball's.

Forget Me Not – Tyneside


Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle


Unidentified Tyneside Pottery

This jug, from an as-yet unidentified pottery, has a very distinctive Mariners' Arms transfer.
A smaller jug with the transfer paired with a distinctive version of the Masons' Arms transfer.

John Carr & Co, Low Lights, North Shields

A small jug from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London collection, commemorating Lord Nelson.  I haven't been able to find another match for the 'Forget Me Not' verse on 1840s or 50s Carr items.  I don't have a better photo of the verse, but it is very similar to the Albion Pottery version below, raising the possibility that the copper plate moved backwards and forwards between the two potteries.

Galloway & Atkinson, Albion Pottery

Galloway & Atkinson had a short-lived partnership at the Albion Pottery, c1864.  It is rare to find a marked bowl.  It has a number 12 impressed above the initials G&A.

John Carr & Sons, Low Lights, North Shields

Scratches in the centre detail show this to be the Albion transfer plate above, apparently acquired by Carr after that pottery's closure.
Two large jugs with the transfer and typical Carr wavy lustre decoration from the 1870s.
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    • Jack's Safe Return - The Token
    • Pirate
    • Sailor's Farewell (Far from home...)
    • Sailor's Farewell (Sweet, oh sweet...)
    • Sailor's Farewell, Tyne (Sweet, oh sweet...)
    • Sailor's Farewell (The order giv'n)
    • Sailor's Fairwell - Maling type
    • Sailor's Return (Now Safe Returned From Dangers Past)
    • Shields the Mouth of River Tyne
    • Sweet Little Cherub (Poor Jack)
    • Tynemouth Haven
  • Ships
    • Agamemnon in a storm
    • Ball Ships
    • Brig / Schooner
    • Columbus (Tyne)
    • Duke of Wellington / La Bretagne
    • Frigate in Full Sail
    • Gauntlet Clipper
    • Great Australia Clipper Ship
    • Great Eastern Steamship
    • Life Boat (Tyne)
    • Majestically slow before the breeze... (Success to the Coal Trade)
    • Marco Polo
    • May Peace and Plenty...
    • May Peace Once More...
    • Northumberland 74
    • Star of Tasmania
    • Success to the Coal Trade
    • Success to the shipping trade
    • Success to the Tars of Old England
    • Truelove from Hull / Unfortunate London
    • Untitled orange lustre ships
    • Untitled ship (Tyne)
  • Verses
    • A little health... (Tyne)
    • Distress me with those tears...
    • Foremast man...
    • Forget Me Not
    • Glide on my bark...
    • Life's like a ship...
    • Man Doom'd to Sail – The Tear
    • My bonny sailor's won my mind... (Tyne)
    • My heart is fix'd... (Tyne)
    • Now weigh the anchor...
    • Sailor's Tear
    • Success to all sailors... (Tyne)
    • Success to the Farmer
    • Success to the Tars of Old England (Here's to you Jack)
    • The sails unfurl, let the billows...
    • Thou noble bark...
    • Thus smiling at peril... (Tyne)
    • Time (Tyne)
    • When tempests mingle...
    • When this you see... (Tyne)
  • Inscriptions
    • C,C & Co-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Carr & Patton-Attributed Inscriptions
    • John Carr & Sons Inscriptions
    • John Patton Inscriptions
    • Robert Maling-Attributed Inscriptions
    • C T Maling-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Newcastle Pottery Inscriptions
    • Joseph Sewell-attributed inscriptions
    • Thomas Fell-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Sheriff Hill-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Early North Hylton or Sunderland Inscriptions
    • North Hylton inscriptions
    • Dawson Inscriptions pre-1830
    • Dawson Inscriptions post-1830
    • Phillips Inscriptions
    • Dixon Austin Dated Inscriptions
    • Dixon Austin Pictorial Inscriptions
    • Dixon, Phillips & Co Inscriptions
    • Moore Inscriptions
    • Scott Inscriptions
  • Bridge over river Wear
  • High Level Bridge Newcastle
  • Months
  • Dawson Bachelor / Supper Sets
  • Flowers
  • Frogs
  • Fordy & Patterson Puzzle Jugs
  • Victoria
  • Warburton Transfers
  • The Blue Flower Pottery