Thomas Fell inscriptions
Attributed to Thomas Fell, St Peter's Pottery, Newcastle
All the attributions on this page stem from decorative similarities with the plaques below, from the 1840s. The top and second left plaques have Fell impressed marks, shown beside them.
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From about 1850 onwards, this enameller appears to have left Newcastle and gone to work in Sunderland at the Garrison Pottery. The large rectangular plaque to the right is marked Dixon Co. The smaller plaques beneath it are presumably Thomas Fell (photo Ian Holmes). Below a Dixon jug by the same hand from 1859. 
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Inscriptions in date order
Although this jug is dated 1828, it was made after the event, and fits stylistically with items from the 1840s.
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
In the right image below, the name of the ship, 'Alpha', has been painted on the flag.
Although undated, this jug has the same ship transfer as the jug above, this time repurposed as 'Sir Bourchier Wrey'.
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The script on this cottage jug has a few more embellishments than that on the Palmed jug below but the root formation of the lettering is the same. Compare the crossing of the number '8' in the date with the Simeons jug above. My research suggests that the inscription and lustre cottage decoration were likely painted by the same hand.
This jug is a bit of a departure from the norm, and in the absence of transfers is harder to attribute. However, both the text and the decorative flourishes have similarities with items on this page. Compare the first 'J' with the 'Jesus Wept' plaque above.
A jug dated 1843, and another with similar flowers. but no inscription.
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Photo courtesy of Compton Verney, photo by Harminder Judge
Photos courtesy of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park (photo by Harminder Judge).
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Thanks to Chris Cotton for the photos and identifying a 'George Armstrong', born in 1844 at Howden on Tyne, not far from St Peter's Pottery.
Gaudy Welsh items
Two Gaudy Welsh items with pink lustre inscriptions from the early 1840s. There's some variation in the formation of the upper case 'B', in particular, amongst these items. However, that's also true of some of the pink-lustre items above.
Although the first mug below is dated 1816, it was more likely made for a 25th or 30th anniversary present. Beneath it, a mug with similar pttern and script dated 1843.
The mug below has a distinctive upper case 'P' shared with several items on this page.
Photo Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
The bowl above, from the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums collection, has an inscription 'Be Canny with the Sugar'. Another is shown below with a similarly inscribed jug below 'Be canny with the cream'.
Later Fell-attributed items
This jug has the Mariners' Compass transfer with the initials JH shaded over. Read more at the end of this page.
