High Level Bridge Newcastle Upon Tyne
The High Level Bridge in Newcastle was a rail bridge and opened in 1849.
Attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields
Photo Ian Sharp
This version of the transfer is easily identifiable by the curvy cloud formations. This plaque form was know to have been used by several Tyne potteries, including Fell, Maling and Carr. However, brown/sepia transfers (as opposed to black) are known to have been John Carr c1850, and that is my best guess for an attribution at this stage. The jug below has a more typical black transfer, and the lustre decoration is again consistent with Carr.
Attributed to Thomas Fell, St Peter's Pottery, Newcastle
A large high-waisted jug attributed to Fell on the basis of its lustre decoration.
A similar jug with the transfer and other variations of maritime transfers attributed to Fell.
The jug below, with a distinctive broad foot, has decorative features associated with Thomas Fell.
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The plaque below has another feature peculiar to Fell. The holes for hanging are pierced through the central portion, rather than through the pink-lustre border.
Photo Ian Holmes
Attributed to CT Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
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The bowl below is unmarked.
This transfer is attributed to Maling on the basis of the distinctive lustre script on the small Christening mug below, with an inscription for 1854.
The same transfer on two larger, heavily lustred mugs.
Below is a jug whose current condition matches the title under the ship.
Attributed to CT Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
Attributed to CT Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
This version is similar to the bowl above but the clouds appear to be different. This could perhaps be caused by a crease in the transfer or perhaps the plate was re-engraved with more clouds at a later date.
Attributed to either CT Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, or
Thomas Fell, St Peter's Pottery, Newcastle
A very similar view to the CT Maling-attributed items above. However, the clouds are different and there is smoke coming from the chimneys of the buildings in the foreground. Unusually, the Sunderland and Newcastle bridge transfers are married with Adam Buck-type engravings from an older copper plate (c1820). See RC Bell (p15) for a copper plate with these designs 'belonging to Robert Maling'. However, this version of the the Sunderland Bridge transfer (bottom left below) appears on the large Fell-attributed jug above. So at present I'm torn over this attribution.
Below, the transfer on a jug.
