Success to the Coal Trade – Sunderland
Dawson & Co, Low Ford Pottery
JOSEPH HALL and ANN WATSON were married 24 December 1806 at Hamsterley By Bishop Auckland and in the 1841 census were living at Monks Field, St Andrew Auckland where Joseph’s occupation was given as farmer.
Below, a mug with a moulded handle and similar enamel decoration.
Photo Cheffins Auctioneers
Attributed to the Sunderland Pottery
Phillips & Co, Sunderland Pottery
Dixon & Co, Sunderland Pottery
The teapot below, from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, has the 'Dixon & Co' version of the transfer.
Attributed to North Hylton, Sunderland Pottery
Photo John Howard
A canary yellow teapot of monumental proportions. The hand-painted text is a good match for that found on inscriptions from North Hylton in the 1820s. The ship is a hand-painted, yet faithful, copy of the Sunderland Pottery transfers above. It seems likely to me that the teapot was made at North Hylton.
Success to the Coal Trade – Tyneside
Attributed to Carr & Patton, Low Lights, North Shields – 1838–1846
This transfer infrequently appears on North Shields items. The blue foot is a feature unique to North Shields, c1840. All these items have signature North Shields' lustre decoration to the handle (see third row below).
Below, a more conventional Carr & Patton jug with an inscribed date for 1840.
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery – mid to late 1820s
It is likely this transfer of Tynemouth Haven, with the Priory and lighthouse in the background, that has led people to believe that these items must have originated in nearby North Shields. See the Robert Maling-attributed inscriptions page for more details regarding my attribution to Maling's Ouseburn Bridge Pottery. My guess is that Maling commissioned local views of interest to the shipping trade, including Tynemouth Haven and the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland.
The whiter body of the second (larger) jug below perhaps suggests it was made closer to 1830. It has the later, re-engraved, 'My Bonny Sailor' transfer.
The whiter body of the second (larger) jug below perhaps suggests it was made closer to 1830. It has the later, re-engraved, 'My Bonny Sailor' transfer.
A profusely decorated example below with a dated inscription, 'Aberdeen 1826'.
Another similar, dated 1829, with a hand-painted sailor and his wife, and matching mug, from Norfolk Museums Service.
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery – 1830s
This is a reworked version of the above transfer with rows of vertical dashes on the sails. The first jug below with an inscription for 1832.
A mug with the transfer, also from the early 1830s.
The use of yellow and the thick sweep of red enamel on the jug below suggests a later date, c1840.
Attributed to Thomas Fell, St Peter's Pottery, Newcastle
This transfer is attributed Thomas Fell on the basis of its decorative features. The Newcastle High Level Bridge transfer associated with that pottery. Sadly, I don't have a better image to compare with the items below.
Photo Boldon Auction Rooms
Unidentified Tyneside pottery, perhaps Robert Maling
Below, a large mug with coloured enamels over the transfer. Both pair the transfer with the Sailor's Tear verse. This version of the Sailor's Tear (which has unique faults) pairs with a different version of the Newcastle High Level Bridge to that on the Fell-attributed jug above. See the Bridge 29 page, for further examples from this group.
Unidentified Tyneside pottery
Photo Ian Holmes
The title on this version is in capitals and the ends of the scroll are noticeably different to the two transfers above.
