Mariner's Compass – Sunderland
Garrison Pottery 1
This transfer, with ships on either side of the compass, appears on typical Dixon plaques with impressed marks.
The rare loving cup below appears to have the same version of the transfer. The frog is typical of items from the 1840s.
Garrison Pottery 2
This transfer is almost identical to the one above. However, note the shading of the flag on the right. There's a small nick above the point SE.
The bowl has the Dixon Phillips anchor impress used before 1850.
The small nick is clearer on the jug below (bottom right detail).
Garrison Pottery 3
This transfer is very similar to those above, except there is no full stop after the word compass. NB the apostrophe appears to have been trimmed from this particular imprint, but its tail is just visible.
On the first row below are images showing the other transfers on the bowl. On the second row is a similar bowl with very distinctive Dixon transfers.
The same transfer also appears on the Crimean jug below, again with typical Dixon transfers. Note the three horizontal black marks under the compass. These appear faintly on the bowls (left detail below), but are much more pronounced on the jug (right detail).
Beneath the Crimean jug is a large pedestal bowl, c1860, with this variation of the transfer.
Finally, a mug with the same transfer. The bright enamelling (clobbering) is similar to that used by John Carr. It is just possible that this mug was made by Carr's after 1865 when the Garrison Pottery closed, although the heavy lustre decoration is similar to the first bowl above.
Moore's Wear Pottery
Below a particularly well-decorated Moore jug and a punch bowl with the transfer. The bowl has the New Bridge (opened 1859) transfer and the cable laying ship Agamemnon in a storm (1858), so the items were made c1860.
A Scott & Sons, Southwick Pottery, 1828–1841
Scott appears to have used this transfer more rarely than the other Sunderland potteries. I have seen no examples from beyond the 1830s. The sea has very distinctive hatching.
Mariner's Compass – Tyneside
Thomas Fell, St Peter's Pottery
The jug, c1840, is attributed to Fell on the basis of the distinctive lustre decoration, elements of which are found on plaques with the Fell impress. The over-glaze transfers of Fell items from this period have a sooty quality.
NB no apostrophe or full stop in the title.
NB no apostrophe or full stop in the title.
John Carr and Sons, North Shields 1
See the Mariner's Compass (ships 2) page for earlier Carr and Patton examples with printed marks.
This transfer is easily identified by a diagonal scratch to the left of the 'T' in the title (see top right above). These bowls could easily be mistaken for wares from Dixon, Phillips & Co's Garrison Pottery. The lustre decoration is of a fine quality and the bowl is lightly potted.
The apostrophe after 'Mariners' is clearer on the second bowl below.
The details below are from the last two bowls above and the jug below, respectively. Again, note the diagonal scratch to the upper left of the 'T' in the title. Also, the way the '4' is etched, and the heavy full stop on the 'W' beside it. All three come from the same copper plate, but the third imprint is after restoration and re-etching. Details have been added at a later date, such as the vertical marks on the sails.
John Carr and Sons, North Shields 1
This version of the transfer has rows of vertical marks on the sails.
John Carr and Sons, North Shields 2
A bowl from c1870s with orange lustre, and a John Carr and Sons mark with stag's head. This appears to be a rude reimagining of the transfer above. Note that the vertical marks on the sails are now a random distribution of dots.
John Carr and Sons, North Shields 3
The jug, although unmarked, has typical Carr decoration, c1870s. The other sides are shown on the top row below. The transfer also appears on a huge and heavily potted, unmarked, jug with similar decoration.
James Wallace & Co, Forth Banks, Newcastle Pottery – 1838–1858
The Mason's Arms and Farmer's Arms transfers on the items below are reliably attributed to the Newcastle Pottery. These items are from c1850.
Mariner's Compass – Staffordshire
Adam's Pottery
The jug below is technically a reproduction, made in Staffordshire likely in the first half of the 20th century.
Gray's type reproduction
A common reproduction from the second half of the 20th century. These reproductions have a distinctive dark mottled lustre. You can see more examples here.
