South East View of the STUPENDOUS Iron Bridge...
Addison, Falconer & Co, Forth Banks, Newcastle Pottery
Ian Sharp records the various owners and partnerships as: 1790-1824, Addison, Falconer & Co; 1824-27, Addison & Co.; 1827-29, Taylor & Son; 1833-38, Redhead, Wilson & Co., ; 1838 – 58 Thomas Wallace, later James Wallace & Co.
The mug has a printed mark for 'Newcastle Pottery' in the oval shapes to the left and right of the transfer, and a typical Newcastle frog inside. The 'STUPENDOUS' caption shown below.
The mug has a printed mark for 'Newcastle Pottery' in the oval shapes to the left and right of the transfer, and a typical Newcastle frog inside. The 'STUPENDOUS' caption shown below.
The transfer on a whiter-bodied mug, perhaps suggesting a slightly later date.
Wallace & Co, Pottery Road, Forth Banks
This mug has the same transfer as the earlier mug above except that the factory marks have been erased, showing as solid blue oval patches on either side. The erasure was likely made by one of the later Forth Banks partnerships. Wallace & Co are known to have produced blue transferware and to use flower decoration is this way.
