Success to all sailors... – Tyneside potteries
All the transfers on this page share the same flaw, visible to a greater or lesser degree: a small scratch coming off the bottom right of the letter 'L' in 'Lives'.
It is not an easy job to date these items, as the transfer plate was re-engraved over time, so a dark imprint doesn't always mean an earlier imprint. It is great to have items with dated inscriptions. A couple of things to note. The transfer appears to acquire an additional ship on the horizon in the early 1830s. As noted on the Maling-attributed version of the Sunderland Bridge transfer, the height of the ships' masts increases over time. That's through the copper plate curving and distorting, and the various interventions to flatten it out, after being pulled through the heavy rollers of the printing press, hundreds of times.
1830 jug?
1832 Earl Grey jug
1833 Forman jug
Mid to late 1830s jug
1839 Vaudin jug
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, early 1830s
The jug below has a weak imprint of the transfer. However, this is the version that appears to have fewer ships on the horizon. It would be nice to have a crisper version to confirm this. The blue enamel appears on items made before 1835.
All the jugs below have similar decoration around the transfer. The Earl Grey transfer suggests that these were made c1832.
Below a smaller jug, c1832. The figures have been cropped from the transfer to fit it under the spout. It is these kinds of one-off improvisations of decoration that make North East pottery so interesting to collect.
This jug below has a dated inscription for 1833.
An unusual jug with a square-shaped handle. The red squiggle enamel decoration around the transfer suggests it was made in the early 1830s.
A mug below with a nice crisp image of the transfer in dark brown.
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, mid to late 1830s
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, late 1830s
A jug with the later version of the bridge transfer with long masts in the background, thought to be made mid to late 1830s.
