Maritime plaques
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Sunderland or 'Garrison' Pottery (Dixon and partners)
The top two plaques and bottom right, have the impressed mark 'Dixon Co'. The bottom left has the impressed 'Dixon, Phillips & Co' anchor mark. The left two plaques are titled 'NORTHUMBERLAND 74'. The circular plaque has the 'May Peace and Plenty' verse. The bottom right, which has a piece of transfer missing, should be titled 'GAUNTLET CLIPPER SHIP'.
| The top right plaque, titled 'SAILORS' FAREWELL.', has the impressed 'Dixon, Phillips & Co' anchor mark. The bottom centre plaque is titled 'SHIP CAROLINE' and has the impressed mark 'Dixon Co'. Bottom left and right are two unmarked versions of 'THE MARINER'S COMPASS'. The top left plaque, also unmarked, is titled 'MATE SOUND THE PUMP, MORNING NOON & NIGHT.'.
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Attributed to Scott's Southwick Pottery, Sunderland
None of these plaques has a maker's mark. They are attributed to Scott on the basis of their similarity to other wares, bowls, plates etc, that bear the 'SCOTT' impressed mark. A dark brown outer border is a common feature, though also appears on some Garrison plaques.
Top: Crimea, with eagle, lion and flags; The Token or Jack's Safe Return. Bottom: Duke of Wellington; Mariner's Compass; La Bretagne.
| Top: Great Eastern; Euryalus. Bottom: Brig; Star of Tasmania; Schooner.
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Moore and Co's Wear Pottery, Sunderland
Moore's Wear pottery was a 5-minute walk from Scott's. The transfers used on Scott's wares frequently occur on those from Moore and Co. Baker writes, 'Moreover, according to the firm's records, Scott supplied earthenware to Moore's Wear Pottery and to the Bridge End Pottery, presumably plain for decoration.' A darker pink outer and inner border is a feature associated with Moore and Co plaques.
Five larger size plaques with unusual scalloped corners. The top two, with the impressed marks 'MOORE & Co' (top left) and 'MOORE & CO' (top right).The bottom three titled 'COMMERCE', 'THE VOLAGE FRIGATE', and 'RESOLUTION'.
| Four commonly shaped plaques with transfers also used by Scott's pottery, and one larger plaque for size comparison. Top: Duke of Wellington (impressed mark 'MOORE & Co'); Euryalus. Bottom: Great Eastern; Commerce; Victoria and Albert Yacht.
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Attributed to John Carr, Newcastle, and unidentified plaques
None of these plaques is marked. The top two are on a shape often associated with John Carr's North Shields Pottery in Newcastle. Designs on these round-cornered plaques also often appear on smaller plaques (see bottom row). The two left transfers are very similar, though untiled, to the Albion plaque, Gudrun (see below). It seems likely, therefore, that they are from Newcastle.
| A group of unmarked plaques. The left two are variations of the same transfer – the top left has a triangular sail to the rear. The bottom centre is a Crimean War plaque with French and English sailors carrying flags, and the text: 'MAY THEY EVER BE UNITED'. The bottom right has the 'May Peace and Plenty' verse.
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Albion Pottery, Newcastle, and wide-bordered plaques
Three Albion Pottery plaques. Top: titled 'GUDRUN' and impressed circular mark 'ALBION POTTERY' with 'G&A' in the centre. This plaque has a large firing crack and was presumably sold as a factory second without lustre decoration. Below: two plaques with the verse 'May peace and plenty'. The rectangular one with an impressed circular mark 'ALBION POTTERY'.
| Two smaller unmarked plaques with a similar wide border, though without a leaf modelled in each corner. There is nothing else that suggests 'Albion' about these plaques. The transfers are most usually associated with Scott's Sunderland pottery.
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