Masonry – Sunderland
Sunderland Pottery
This early version of the transfer that appears on early creamware jugs has a printed factory mark 'J. PHILLIPS & Co. Sunderland Pottery' below the verse at the bottom.
Garrison Pottery
This Garrison transfer from the 1850s and 60s is very similar to the Low Lights 1 version further down this page. However, there are some subtle differences as follows.
Top right detail: leaf to the right of the flower (above the sun) points to the right.
Bottom left detail: the rose above the eye doesn't have separate petals.
Bottom centre detail: the letter 't' in the word accepted looks squeezed in.
Top right detail: leaf to the right of the flower (above the sun) points to the right.
Bottom left detail: the rose above the eye doesn't have separate petals.
Bottom centre detail: the letter 't' in the word accepted looks squeezed in.
Masonry – Tyneside
Low Lights Pottery 1
Top right detail: leaf to the right of the flower (above the sun) points upwards.
Bottom left detail: the rose above the eye doesn't has separately drawn petals.
Bottom centre detail: the letter 't' in the word accepted is well spaced.
Bottom left detail: the rose above the eye doesn't has separately drawn petals.
Bottom centre detail: the letter 't' in the word accepted is well spaced.
This transfer is attributed to John Carr on the basis of the inscribed jug below dated 1841. The red painted text is typical of items from Carr's Low Lights Pottery in North Shields.
The plaque below, although attributed to Carr's Low Lights Pottery in North Shields, has the Garrison Pottery version of this transfer. The transfer plate was likely bought by Carr's in 1865 when the Garrison Pottery closed.
Low Lights Pottery 2
Maling Pottery – 20th century reproductions
This jug is printed with a variation of the Low Lights 1 transfer. Maling made bowls and jugs with this transfer in the mid 20th century. However, they didn't always mark these items, so 'buyer beware'.
The unmarked masonic items below with distinctive marbled-lustre decoration are 20th century repros. They are unmarked but were likely also made by Maling.
