SUNDERLAND AND TYNE POTTERY TRANSFERS
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West View of the Cast Iron Bridge


Attributed to Phillips & Co, Sunderland – 1807–1812 or
Dixon, Austin, Phillips and Co –1813–1818

This is a variation of Baker's bridge 11 with a Phillips & C Sunderland printed mark beneath.
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Photo Anderson and Garland
The shape of the jug and the darker cream body of both the jug and tankard below suggest they were made by one of the earlier Dixon partnerships, pre-1818.  The transfer on the jug pairs with another of the 'Sweet Little Cherub'.  The mug is bridge 11 without the maker's mark.

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery (1818–1839) – plate 1

The lighter coloured creamware jug (first shown below) has a printed mark under the farming transfer for 'Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland'. This is bridge 11 on an item similar to the one in Baker.
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Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery (1818–1839) – plate 1

The jugs below have Baker's bridge 11 and strong pink lustre decoration.  There are no coloured enamels over the transfer.  These jugs likely date from the 1820s.

Two transfer plates

The first three pairs of details below show the deterioration of transfer plate 1 over time. The first pair is from the creamware mug (pre 1818).  The clouds are clearly defined.  The second is from the later (1820s) lighter creamware jug with the broken handle.  The third is from the pink lustre farming jug above.  Various speckles and scratches show that these items have transfers from the same copper plate.
After 1815, Phillips acquired a second site for his pottery at North Hylton (the first site being the Garrison Pottery in Sunderland).  So Dixon, Austin and Co might have had two versions of the transfer for producing similar wares on two sites.  An alternative (and perhaps more likely) explanation is that a new plate was engraved around 1830 when the first plate was worn out.  Note the formation of the clouds in the details below.

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery (1818–1839) – plate 2

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The jugs below have a slight variation of Baker's bridge 11 transfer, decorated with coloured over-enamels.
Below, a large jug with a handle for aiding pouring.
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Photo Andrew Smith & Sons

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery (1818–1839) – plate 3

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The first jug below, dated 1824, has a smaller version of this view with a 'Dixon & Co' printed mark incorporated into the transfer.  It is Baker's bridge 41.  The second, with a distinctive blue collar and from a similar date, has a portrait of Byron.

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Below are further examples of bridge 41 on smaller jugs than those above, all with coloured overenamels.  These were likely produced into the 1830s.

Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery (1818–1839) – plate 4

In this version of the transfer, there's a long wavy line of clouds above the bridge.  Moore's pottery appear to have copied this version (see below).
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Photo Ian Holmes

Moore & Co, Wear Pottery

The view is the same as those above, but with the printed mark 'Moore & Co, Southwick' incorporated into the transfer.  This is Baker's bridge 25.
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  • Armorials
    • Crimea
    • Farmers' Arms
    • Foresters
    • Gardeners' Arms
    • God Speed the Plough
    • Mariners' Arms
    • Mariners' Compass (flags)
    • Mariners' Compass (ships 1)
    • Mariners' Compass (ships 2)
    • Mariners' Compass (Tyne)
    • Masonry
    • Masons' Arms
    • Masons' Arms (Tyne)
    • Odd Fellows
  • Bridge over river Wear
    • High Level Bridge Newcastle
  • Maritime
    • 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)
    • Shields the Mouth of River Tyne
    • Tynemouth Haven
  • Ships
    • Agamemnon in a storm
    • Columbus (Tyne)
    • Gauntlet Clipper
    • Northumberland 74
    • Life Boat (Tyne)
    • Majestically slow before the breeze... (Success to the Coal Trade)
    • Success to the shipping trade
    • Success to the Tars of Old England
    • 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...
    • 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)
    • The sails unfurl, let the billows...
    • Thou noble bark...
    • Thus smiling at peril... (Tyne)
    • Time (Tyne)
    • When tempests mingle...
    • When this you see... (Tyne)
  • Flowers
  • Frogs