The plaques above (c1830s) and those in the next section (with moulded flowers) have the same set of transfers that appear on later plaques (c1860s) attributed to John Carr, North Shields. However, it doesn't seem likely that the transfer plates originated at the North Shields Pottery. The transfers also appear on the plaque form below from c1840. This form is known to have been used by Maling, and by another Tyneside company, J Burn & Co, from the Stepney Bank Pottery.  But at present there is no suggestion it was used by Carr. Carr appears to have acquired the transfer plates sometime around the 1860s. Therefore, the best we can do is attribute these early plaques to Tyneside.

The plaque form below is very distinctive. It is larger than average – the Adam Clarke below is 190mm in diameter compared with 185mm for the 'Maling' leaf-bordered plaques. It is also very thin (5mm). The clay body is a creamy off-white with a speckled appearance.

The transfers on these plaques appear to be copies of the transfers I've attributed to Maling. Compare the plaque above (centre detail) with the transfer from a Maling-attributed leaf-bordered plaque (right detail).  The drawing of Clarke's head and hair is very different. In the Maling version (right), the heavy full stop after 'F' in 'FSA' almost makes it look like a letter 'E'. In contrast 'LLD' and 'FSA' on the 'non-Maling' plaque (centre) aren't punctuated. The diagonal hatching to Clarke's right, continues lower on the 'Maling' version. Compare, also, the jagged edge on the bottom of Clarke's jacket.

Note that unlike the 'Maling' Wesley (right detail), there is no full stop on these plaques after the date '1739'.