West view of the Cast Iron Bridge... (Dixon)
This is the most common view of the Bridge over the River Wear, and was used by many potteries. The Garrison Pottery (Dixon's) used multiple very similar variations of this transfer, which merit a page of their own.
Garrison Pottery 1
6 rings of smoke from chimney (top right detail). Small boat with oar to right of central ship (bottom right detail).
Garrison Pottery 2
7 rings of smoke from chimney (top right detail). Small boat with oar to right of central ship (bottom right detail).
Garrison Pottery 3
8 rings of smoke coming from chimney. Small boat with oar to right of central ship. The engraver slipped creating a diagonal scratch over the 'S' in September (bottom centre detail).
The transfer as it appears on a smaller inscribed jug with the date 1855.
Garrison Pottery 4
8 rings of smoke from chimney (top right detail). Small boat with sail to right of central ship. There are no railings on the left side of the bridge.
The bowl has the Dixon Phillips & Co impress with anchor used by the Garrison Pottery until about 1850. The loving cup has a frog associated with items from the 1840s.
A small jug with the transfer and an inscription for 1845.
A small jug with a flower transferred collar.
Note that, like the items above, the buildings seen to the left under the bridge have no foliage behind them (bottom right detail).
Garrison Pottery 5
This transfer is very similar to the one above. There are 8 rings of smoke from chimney (top right detail). Small boat with sail to right of central ship. There are no railings on the left side of the bridge.
However, the buildings seen to the left under the bridge do have foliage behind them (bottom left and right details).
Below, a jug commemorating Robert Peel (died 1850). It has a faint nick over the 'v' in 'river' that also appears on the Gove jug above.
Garrison Pottery 6
This transfer is smaller, and used under the spout of the jug. Small boat with oar to right of central ship (bottom right detail). There are 9 rings of smoke coming from the chimney (top right detail).
The jug is unmarked, but has typical late 'Dixon' decoration, c1860. See the end of this page for a later incarnation of this transfer on a mug made by either Carr or Ball's Pottery.
Garrison Pottery 7
Another small transfer, this time used in the inside of a chamber pot. There are 10 rings of smoke coming from the chimney (top right detail). Small boat with oar to right of central ship (bottom right detail).
The potty has Crimean transfers, so was likely made c1855 or just after.
Garrison Pottery 8
This transfer appears on a large pedestal bowl, which although unmarked, has a form and lustre decoration associated with the Garrison Pottery, c1860. The transfer is dissimilar to the other versions from this pottery (see above). It doesn't have distinct smoke rings coming from the chimney. Small boat with sail to right of central ship (bottom right detail). There are no railings on the left side of the bridge.
Perhaps John Carr & Sons or Ball's Pottery
This variation of the transfer, which has rocks in the foreground on the left side and an additional window on the building to the right of the kiln, is likely a re-engraved version of the Garrison Pottery 6 transfer above. The poor quality and lustre decoration suggest it was made after the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865.
