West View of Cast Iron Bridge... – Tyneside potteries (oval)
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery – 1820s
Wheat-ear decorated jug – 'the Iron Bridge at Sunderland'
A rare oval transfer unrecorded by Baker used on small- to medium-sized jugs.
A creamware eel pot with similar decoration around the transfer.
Attributed to Robert Maling, Ouseburn Bridge Pottery – 1830s
Green-fleck decorated jug – 'the Iron Bridge at Sunderland'
There is a small scratch to the right of the kiln chimney that shows this transfer is from the same copper plate as the wheat-ear jug above. But at some point the plate has been re-engraved. Note the rope cutting diagonally across the sail in the foreground.
The yellow enamel on the jug below suggests the copper plate was in use into the late 1830s. It begs the question why items with this transfer appear so infrequently, given the plate's long period of service.
Carr and Patton, North Shields
Green-fleck decorated jug – group 2
This jug, although decorated in a similar way to the Robert Maling-attributed items above, belongs to a standalone group of green-flecked items. The neat teardrop application of the green enamel is different to that found on the items above. It has a rare Tyne version of the oval bridge transfer, unrecorded in Baker. Read more about the attribution on this page.
The same transfer on a large mug, again paired with the Sailor's Farewell.
