West view of the Cast Iron Bridge... (oval) – bridge 38
Moore & Co 1
The most obvious distinguishing feature of this version of the transfer is that there is no sail boat in foreground (see bottom centre and right details). The Moore versions have two buildings to top right of bridge.
Moore & Co 2
This plate, with an early 'MOORE & CO' horseshoe impress, suggests that this copper transfer plate was in use from the 1830s. It has an engraver's slip on the serif of the 'W' in 'West' (see right detail) that is visible on the later items below. The transfer pairs with bridge 8.
The jug below has typical red and green enamel decoration from the late 1830s and 40s.
Below, another red and green enamelled example with a dated inscription for 1842.
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Near right is the Moore & Co 2 version with four vertical marks (reefing lines) on the central sail. Far right is the Moore & Co 3 version, without the vertical marks. Below, the Moore & Co 2 transfer on a pink lustre jug. |
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Moore & Co 3
Very similar to the transfer above, but no row of vertical marks on the sail in the centre of the transfer. The bowl, which a Moore & Co impressed mark, has a rare transfer tiled 'The Author's Earnest Cry'.
The bowl below, from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, again has rare transfers: top left below, Ruins of Palmyra; top right, Friendly Society of Cordwainers. There is also an 'East View' of the bridge (bridge 8),
Below a bowl with very similar enamel and lustre decoration and the MOORE & Co impress over the number 12.
This jug is unusually well decorated and dated 1852.
Finally, a jug from the Crimean War period, c1855.
