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Wares with printed marks for Warburton,  Newcastle Upon Tyne

Bell's book on Tyneside Pottery records various Warburtons in the late 18th century, but no James Warburton, as on the Nelson jug below.  According to Bell, the Warburton Place Pottery, Carr's Hill, Gateshead, was founded by John Warburton around 1740, and run by him until sometime before 1795 when it passed to Isaac Warburton, and then after that to Ellen Warburton.  The factory closed in 1817. 

In parallel, John Warburton ran a warehouse/shop at Quay Side to distribute his own items.  In 1769, the Chronicle refers  to John Warburton's 'Earthen Warehouse on the Quay', and in 1770, to him selling 'various sorts of Earthenware of his own manufacture'.

Bell further writes of a Joseph Warburton mentioned in the Journal in 1757, and of a Joseph mentioned in a directory of 1833 at Heworth Shore in Gateshead. Norman Lowe has identified a Joseph Warburton who married Mary Batty at St John’s Newcastle in 1797 but who does not appear in the 1841 census.  Alternatively, they are referred to as Josiah Warburton and Margaret Batty in their son John's baptism record.

Norman has further identified a James Warburton born c1777, and in 1841, living in Clive Street Tynemouth where his occupation is given as china gilder.  So this could be the James Warburton on the Nelson jug, who would have been 28 in 1805 when the jug was made (date of the Battle of Trafalgar).  If so, by 1841 he was apparently living out his old age in somewhat straightened circumstances.

Another confusing factor is that Warburton transfer plates resurfaced in Southwick at both Scott's and Moore's potteries in the 1830s.  So when the Warburton Place Pottery closed in 1817, someone (James?) must have retained a small number of copper plates and, about 15 or so years later, decided to sell them on.

If you have an item with a Warburton transfer, please get in touch using the link at the bottom of this page.

J Warburton, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Bell says that items with the J Warburton printed mark were 'probably the work of John Warburton or Joseph Warburton'.   We have a third contender, James. 

Attributed to Scott & Sons, Southwick, c1830

The mug below has the Warburton bridge transfer, but has decorative features firmly attributable to Scott's Pottery in the 1830s.

James Warburton, Quay Side, Newcastle


Attributed to Scott & Sons, Southwick, c1830

The mug below shares the same transfer as the creamware jug, but has decoration similar to Scott's mugs in the 1830s.  The enamelling, however, is strikingly similar to the jug above.

J Warburton, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The mug above is ​from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection.

Moore & Co, Wear Pottery

This jug has typical red, green and blue enamel decoration used by Moore's Pottery from the late 1830s into the 1840s

Picture
Photo Anderson and Garland
A mug with a printed mark 'Warburton N C Tyne'.  However, the inscription is typical of Moore's Wear Pottery in the 1830s.  The 'Sailor's Farewell' transfer matches that on the bowl below.

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Photo Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
This late 1830s' to early 1840s' bowl, is from ​the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection.  The ship transfer is from the same copper plate as that on the Warburton mug above.
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    • God Speed the Plough
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    • Mariners' Compass (ships 1)
    • Mariners' Compass (ships 2)
    • Mariners' Compass (Tyne)
    • Masonry 1
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    • Masons' Arms
    • Masons' Arms (Tyne)
    • 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)
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  • Warburton Transfers
  • The Blue Flower Pottery