SUNDERLAND AND TYNE LUSTRE POTTERY
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    • A little health... (Tyne)
    • Distress me with those tears...
    • Foremast man...
    • Forget Me Not
    • Glide on my bark...
    • Life's like a ship...
    • Man Doom'd to Sail – The Tear
    • My bonny sailor's won my mind... (Tyne)
    • My heart is fix'd... (Tyne)
    • Now weigh the anchor...
    • Sailor's Tear
    • Success to all sailors... (Tyne)
    • Success to the Farmer
    • Success to the Tars of Old England (Here's to you Jack)
    • The sails unfurl, let the billows...
    • Thou noble bark...
    • Thus smiling at peril... (Tyne)
    • Time (Tyne)
    • When tempests mingle...
    • When this you see... (Tyne)
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Success to the Tars of Old England... – Tyneside


Cornfoot, Carr and Co, 1832–1838 – North Shields

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A rarer titled version of the transfer attributed to North Shields on the basis of the two 'C, C & Co' impressed plates below.  The distinctive lustre decoration on the handle of the jug, terminating in several horizontal brushstrokes, was used in North Shields throughout the 1830s and into the 1840s.
The same titled version on a small jug with black over-enamels to the sails on the transfer, again typical of North Shields.  Beneath it two plates, also both with black sails, and a 'C, C & Co' impress to the reverse.

Attributed to Cornfoot, Carr and Co, 1832–1838 – North Shields

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A more common, untitled version of the transfer, which was likely used over a long period.  The jug below has an inscription for 1833.  The marks on the handle are relatively neat.
Another jug below with similar decoration and an all but erased​ factory mark of an earlier North Shields partnership, 'Collingwood & Beall'.  C,C & Co apparently repurposed an old transfer plate in the 1830s.
The Loss of Gold transfer on this bowl also has an erased 'Collingwood & Beall' printed mark.

Attributed to Cornfoot, Carr and Co, 1832–1838 or
​Carr and Patton 1838–1846 – North Shields

Three small jugs with the same untitled ship transfer as above, coupled with religious verses.  The first, although with an inscribed birth date of 1816, was most likely given as a first communion present (c1830) or coming of age present (1837).
All three jugs have the signature North Shields lustre marks on the handle.
An eel pot with very similar decoration to the last jug above.

Attributed to ​Carr and Patton 1838–1846 – North Shields

This variation of the transfer (left) is very similar to the one above (right), except that to the right of the ship there is another small sail in the distance.  The leaves are more heavily shaded and there are more rows of dashes on some of the sails.  These details could have been added when the copper plate was re-engraved to restore clarity, or the transfers could come from two different copper plates.

​The transfer left above comes from the first jug below with a representation of Hope under the spout. The second jug below has the Rich Widow / Fortune Hunter transfer, and the third has what appears to be a highland shepherd.
Again, all three jugs have the signature North Shields lustre marks on the handle.
The jug below is smaller with a bright green enamel.
The darker lustre on these jugs suggests the Carr and Patton period.  
The transfer appears on an eel pot, which unusually has no lugs / handles.

Attributed to ​Carr and Patton 1838–1846 – North Shields

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In the early 1840s, Carr and Patton started to produce more modern looking lustre items.  The enameller of this jug moved to Dixon's Garrison Pottery sometime before 1850, making North Shields and Garrison items from this period hard to distinguish.  However, this ship transfer is specific to Tyneside and doesn't appear on Dixon items.
The lustre decoration under the ship on this bowl is again typical of the enameller who decorated the jug above, so I would put it around the same date.

Attributed to ​John Carr and Son, North Shields

The transfer on the bowl is from the same copper plate as the items above and below.  The lustre enamelling lacks the finer embellishments of the items above, so I am guessing it was made c1850.

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This appears to be a later imprint from the same copper plate as the bowl above. These heavier imprints appear on later items.
Below, a degraded version of the transfer on the inside lip of an unusual and profusely decorated wash ewer.

John Carr and Sons, North Shields – with Seaham transfers

This bowl has a Mariners' Compass and verse transfers from the same copper plate as the Seaham-attributed items.  However, the bowl was likely made after that pottery's closure, which appears to be c1852.  The London impressed mark was used by several Tyneside potteries when making wares for a London retailer.  So the bowl below is likely North Shields, c1860.
A more typical Carr & Sons jug with the small ship accompanied by a masonic transfer and verse.

Attributed to ​John Carr and Son, North Shields

This bowl, again with a London impressed mark, has a transfer almost identical to the one above, except that there is a small sail on the horizon to the right of the ship.  This bowl has the Great Eastern Leviathan transfer, so dates from c1860.

Attributed to ​John Carr and Son, North Shields or Ball's Deptford Pottery

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Both John Carr & Sons and Ball's Deptford Pottery were operating in the latter quarter of the 19th century when these rolling pins were made.  Ball's appears to have acquired moulds and transfer plates from Carr, so it is hard to attribute these items.
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Another example with typical Carr transfers, but with some printed in blue.
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Photo Ian Sharp

Redhead, Wilson & Co, Forth Banks, Newcastle Pottery – 1833–1838

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Photo Appleby Antiques
A small jug from the Newcastle Pottery with typical yellow band decoration from the 1830s.
The transfer appears in the centre of this spectacular Newcastle Pottery bowl, also from the mid 1830s.
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    • Odd Fellows
  • Maritime
    • Flag That's Braved 1000 Years
    • Jack on a Cruise
    • Jack's Safe Return - The Token
    • Pirate
    • Sailor's Farewell (Far from home...)
    • Sailor's Farewell (Sweet, oh sweet...)
    • Sailor's Farewell, Tyne (Sweet, oh sweet...)
    • Sailor's Farewell (The order giv'n)
    • Sailor's Fairwell - Maling type
    • Sailor's Return (Now Safe Returned From Dangers Past)
    • Shields the Mouth of River Tyne
    • Sweet Little Cherub (Poor Jack)
    • Tynemouth Haven
  • Ships
    • Agamemnon in a storm
    • Ball Ships
    • Brig / Schooner
    • Columbus (Tyne)
    • Duke of Wellington / La Bretagne
    • Frigate in Full Sail
    • Gauntlet Clipper
    • Great Australia Clipper Ship
    • Great Eastern Steamship
    • Life Boat (Tyne)
    • Majestically slow before the breeze... (Success to the Coal Trade)
    • Marco Polo
    • May Peace and Plenty...
    • May Peace Once More...
    • Northumberland 74
    • Star of Tasmania
    • Success to the Coal Trade
    • Success to the shipping trade
    • Success to the Tars of Old England
    • Truelove from Hull / Unfortunate London
    • Untitled orange lustre ships
    • Untitled ship (Tyne)
  • Verses
    • A little health... (Tyne)
    • Distress me with those tears...
    • Foremast man...
    • Forget Me Not
    • Glide on my bark...
    • Life's like a ship...
    • Man Doom'd to Sail – The Tear
    • My bonny sailor's won my mind... (Tyne)
    • My heart is fix'd... (Tyne)
    • Now weigh the anchor...
    • Sailor's Tear
    • Success to all sailors... (Tyne)
    • Success to the Farmer
    • Success to the Tars of Old England (Here's to you Jack)
    • The sails unfurl, let the billows...
    • Thou noble bark...
    • Thus smiling at peril... (Tyne)
    • Time (Tyne)
    • When tempests mingle...
    • When this you see... (Tyne)
  • Inscriptions
    • C,C & Co-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Carr & Patton-Attributed Inscriptions
    • John Carr & Sons Inscriptions
    • John Patton Inscriptions
    • Robert Maling-Attributed Inscriptions
    • C T Maling-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Newcastle Pottery Inscriptions
    • Joseph Sewell-attributed inscriptions
    • Thomas Fell-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Sheriff Hill-Attributed Inscriptions
    • Early North Hylton or Sunderland Inscriptions
    • North Hylton inscriptions
    • Dawson Inscriptions pre-1830
    • Dawson Inscriptions post-1830
    • Phillips Inscriptions
    • Dixon Austin Dated Inscriptions
    • Dixon Austin Pictorial Inscriptions
    • Dixon, Phillips & Co Inscriptions
    • Moore Inscriptions
    • Scott Inscriptions
  • Bridge over river Wear
  • High Level Bridge Newcastle
  • Months
  • Dawson Bachelor / Supper Sets
  • Flowers
  • Frogs
  • Fordy & Patterson Puzzle Jugs
  • Victoria
  • Warburton Transfers
  • The Blue Flower Pottery