The Tear: The Man Doom'd to Sail... – Sunderland
This transfer is the fourth verse of Byron's poem, The Tear. You can read more here, on Ian Holmes' site.
Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery
An eel pot with similar enamel decoration to the jugs above.
Attributed to Dawson's Low Ford Pottery
The eel pot (above left) has a transfer that has been trimmed to fit. The puzzle jug has coloured over enamels.
Finally, a clear view of the whole transfer (click to enlarge) on a typical Dawson frog mug.
Moore & Co, Wear Pottery, Sunderland
A Scott & Sons, Southwick Pottery, Sunderland
Photo Lyon and Turnbull
Two jugs with typical 'Scott' lustre decoration and short spouts.
The Tear: The Man Doom'd to Sail... – Tyneside
Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
Cornfoot, Carr & Co, North Shields
Photo Ian Holmes
A jug from the 1830s with transfers reliably attributed to North Shields.
Carr & Patton, North Shields
Photo Eldreds
John Carr & Co, North Shields
Carr produced two versions of the transfer, and both appear on the large jug below.
When the Carr and Patton partnership dissolved in 1846, John Carr continued at North Shields, and John Patton at the Phoenix Pottery in Newcastle. Each proprietor had their own version of the Mariner's Compass transfer with a printed signature beneath (see left details below). Those Mariner's Compass transfers were evidently paired with unique versions of the verse transfer (shown right below). The easiest way to tell them apart is by the centres of the flowers at the bottom of the verse.
John Patton, Phoenix Pottery, Newcastle
Two jugs with inscriptions for the Carre family, dated 1850 and 1851. Inscriptions with French names from the Channel Islands appear frequently on these items. See more Patton inscribed items here.
A Patton marked jug and a large mug with coloured over-enamels applied to the transfers.
Unidentified Tyne pottery – John Hobson
These small plaques, which are specific to Tyneside, are known to have been made by CT Maling, Newcastle, and John Carr & Sons, North Shields. This is a freer version of the Patton transfer. Note the ends of the leaves in the centre version below, and compare them to the Patton version, on the right.
The inscriptions on the jugs below are similar to those on the Patton items. However, it is possible that the enameller moved between potteries. The second jug has an inscription for 1854 that would put it within the Patton period. However, the lustre decoration on the first and last jugs is very distinctive, and doesn't appear on either the Carr or Patton items above.
The bowl below has this version of the transfer, coupled with the version of the mariner's compass with a J H printed mark. Sometimes these bowls are impressed 'J H' beneath a Staffordshire knot (it was not uncommon for North East potters to try to pass off their wares as Staffordshire). I have one bowl on record with the impressed mark 'Hobson'. As yet, I've been able to find out little about this potter. See the mariner's compass page for more information. I've previously assumed that items with the J H printed mark to be from North Shields.
A late mug with the transfer. Again, I had previously assumed this bridge transfer and frog to be North Shields.
