South East View of the Iron Bridge over the River Wear – bridge 2
The mug above differs slightly from the items below in that it doesn't have the initials 'E' and 'A' on either side of the title. Baker says that they 'may stand for Edward Atkinson, co-owner of the Southwick Pottery 1788-1800'. That seems more likely than them being engraver's initials if they were added at a later date. However, this bridge view pairs with transfers firmly attributable to Moore's Wear Pottery.
The transfer with the initials EA. The mug below is from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection.
The canary yellow jug above shares a masonic transfer with the Moore-attributed jug below. The 'Hearts of Oak' transfer (below left) appears to be unique to Moore's Wear Pottery in Southwick. More on that attribution here.
