West View of Cast Iron Bridge... (rectangular) – bridge 9
Seaham Pottery 1
This transfer is on the Seaham jug in the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, which has a painted factory mark 'Walker & Co, Seaham Pottery 1847' (click images to enlarge).
- No dashes on sail in centre detail
- 5 windows to building beyond the bridge
Attributed to Seaham Pottery 2
This appears to be a smaller version of the transfer above.
- No dashes on sail in centre detail
- 5 windows to building beyond the bridge
Attributed to Seaham Pottery 3
This again appears to be a variant of the transfers above.
- No dashes on sail in centre detail
- 5 windows to building beyond the bridge
Just visible in the photos is the Sailor's Return associated with Seaham Pottery.
Attributed to Seaham Pottery 4
- 2 rows of dashes on sail in centre detail
- 4 windows to building beyond the bridge
- The central ship has a triangular sail on the jib
The curved surfaces to which these transfers are applied makes comparison difficult, but the items above and below appear to have transfers from the same copper plate.
The details above come from the first two jugs below, respectively. The paddle steamer transfer on the second item matches a transfer on the 'Seaham jug' in the Sunderland Museum (see above), and appears to be unique to that pottery. The Mariner's Compass transfer on the third jug below is also attributed to Seaham on the basis of imperfections shared with the 'Seaham jug'.
Attributed to Seaham Pottery 5
The jug below, from the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, is catalogued as Seaham. The eel pot with floral lid is similar to those produced by the Garrison Pottery, although I haven't seen this particular flower transfer before. This is the version of the bridge transfer that appears in Baker as bridge 9, with the heading 'possibly Sunderland ('Garrison') Pottery'.
- 2 rows of dashes on sail in centre detail
- 5 windows to building beyond the bridge
The other transfers on the items are shown below. The pirate transfer is associated with Seaham, and not known to have been used by the Garrison Pottery. The 'Foremast Man' verse transfer on the eel pot appears on items that look more Tyne than Wear.
The mug below has the transfer paired with a rarer verse (Byron's, 'Too oft is the smile, But the Hypocrite's wile') that might one day help firm up the attribution.
West View of Cast Iron Bridge... (rectangular) – Tyneside
Galloway & Atkinson, Albion Pottery
Galloway & Atkinson made some unusual plaques in their short-lived partnership at the Albion Pottery, c1864. In the Tyne versions of the transfer, the ship in the centre has a triangular foresail.
A rare impressed Albion Pottery bowl. Impressed with the number 12 above the initials G&A.
The Albion transfer on a (typically) unmarked mug.
Attributed to John Carr & Sons, North Shields
This rolling pin has yet another variation of the bridge transfer.
Photo Anderson and Garland
These items are attributed to North Shields on the basis of the accompanying transfers on other similar rolling pins (see below). More work needs to be done though, as Ball's Pottery acquired transfer plates from various potteries and are known to have made rolling pins.
Attributed to John Carr & Sons, North Shields
This North Shields version of the transfer has three lines of text underneath the image.
Although attributed to North Shields, these items belong to a small group that appear in conjunction with transfers with a J H printed mark. See this Mariner's Compass page for more details.
