Masons' Arms  –  Tyne jugs

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Attributed to Bird & Co, North Shields, 1823–1826?

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Wheat-ear decorated jug – pre-1828

This appears to be the earliest incarnation of imprints from this transfer plate.  Note in the first detail below the diagonal shading around the beehive and 7 bees.

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Attributed to Cornfoot, Colville & Co, North Shields, 1828–1832

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Wheat-ear decorated jug – 1828

By 1828 the transfer plate had been re-engraved, perhaps by the new proprietors, C,C&Co,  Note there are now only 6 bees, and horizontal shading overlays the diagonal shading around the beehive.

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Attributed to ​Cornfoot, Carr & Co, North Shields, 1832–1838

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Green-flecked decorated jug – group 1

Below another jug from this plate with a transfer of Hope under the spout, replacing the hand-painted anchor in earlier wares.

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Later examples of these jugs have yellow enamels.

The left photo is a detail from the jug above, inscribed 1833.  The centre detail is from the 1828 wheat-ear jug above. Both have diagonal marks (circled in red on the middle photo)  that do not appear on the pre-1828 wheat-ear jug (right detail).  It appears that all the items above came from the same transfer plate, re-engraved at various points over a long period of use.

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Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery or...
​Cornfoot, Carr & Co, North Shields, 1832–1838

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Green-flecked decorated jug – group 2

This transfer comes from a different plate to all those above.  Note, the row of blocks above the words Mason's Arms are not diagonally shaded (see below).