West view of the Cast Iron Bridge... (oval) – Sunderland
These pages show the most common view of the Bridge over the River Wear. The Dixon and Scott versions of this transfer have their own separate pages. Unlike the Dixon versions, there are no railings above the brick bulwark on the left side of the bridge.
Moore & Co 1
No sail boat in foreground (see bottom centre and right details). Two buildings to top right of bridge.
Moore & Co 2
Two buildings to top right of bridge. Row of vertical marks on the sail in the centre of the transfer. Typical red and green enamel decoration from the late 1830s and 40s.
Moore & Co 3
Very similar to the transfer above, but no row of vertical marks on the sail in the centre of the transfer. This jug is unusually well decorated and dated 1852.
Newbottle attributed
West view of the Cast Iron Bridge... (oval) – Tyneside
Attributed to Carr and Patton, Low Lights, North Shields
This frog mug is attributed to Carr and Patton on the basis that the verse transfer appears on items with decorative features associated with that pottery.
The bridge image on the Fortune Hunter jug below isn't great, but it appears to be from the same copper plate. The lustre decoration on the handle terminating in several horizontal brush strokes is a feature apparently peculiar to North Shields.
The ship jug below is not typical of North Shields in terms of decoration, but the bridge transfer appears to come from the same copper plate.
Attributed to Carr and Patton, Low Lights, North Shields
This jug is attributed to Carr and Patton on the basis that the transfer matches those in the section above. However, there are no horizontal lustre marks on the handle.
Attributed to John Carr & Sons, North Shields
This bowl could very easily be confused with wares from the Garrison Pottery, Sunderland, c1850. However, all the transfers are found on items attributed to Carr.
The transfer below is almost identical to the one above, and the subtle differences, like the foliage in the foreground, could be accounted for by wear, causing loss of shading and definition, and re-engraving over time.
This bowl has an impressed London mark with fouled anchor, known to have been used by Tyneside potteries when selling items via a particular London distributor, c1860.
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Thanks to MW for sending the photo of a fragment found working on a dig in Footdee, an old fishing village at the harbour entrance to Aberdeen. See the Sailor's Farewell page and Glide on my bark pages for other pottery sherds MW unearthed, likely from a similar bowl to the one above. The photos of the London bowl shared courtesy of Ian Holmes from his United Collections Website. |
John Carr & Sons, North Shields
A marked John Carr and Sons bowl from c1870s with orange lustre.
Below are some further images of the bowl and its mark, and an unusual, unmarked, holly-bordered plaque with the same transfer.
