The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
_Ouseburn Bridge Pottery_ was commenced in 1817, by Mr. Robert Maling
(see North Hylton Pottery), who manufactured white and printed ware
chiefly for the Dutch market. He was succeeded, in 1853, by his son,
C. T. Maling, who in 1859 built Ford Pottery, and discontinued his old
works. They were re-opened under the name of the Albion Pottery, by
Bell Brothers, about 1863; next by Atkinson and Galloway, and lastly by
Mr. W. Morris, and were finally closed in 1872.
_Ford Pottery._--This pottery was built in 1859 by Mr. Christopher T.
Maling, son of Mr. Robert Maling, who, in 1817, had removed the Hylton
pottery[1] to Newcastle. The works were erected for the purpose of
manufacturing by machinery the various goods produced by Mr. Maling,
the main bulk of which are marmalade, jam, and extract-of-beef pots.
These are of a very fine and compact white body, with an excellent
glaze made from borax without any lead; and it is said that at least
95 per cent. of these pots used by wholesale manufacturers in Great
Britain are made at this establishment. The pots being entirely made
by machinery are necessarily much more uniform in size and weight and
thickness than those produced by any other process, and these, as well
as the excellence of body and glaze, are advantages which have been
appreciated. The mark used is simply the name or MALING impressed in
the clay, [image MALING]with, sometimes, the initial of the house for
whom they are made, as for “Keiller,” and so on.[image MALING and K]
* * * * *
_Ouseburn Pottery_ was built about the same date as Stepney Bank
Pottery, by Mr. Yellowley, who was succeeded by Messrs. T. and J.
Thompson, then by Mr. I. Maling; it was finally closed about 1864.
White, printed, and brown ware were its productions.
* * * * *
Another _“Ouseburn Pottery”_ was established, at the latter end of
last or the early part of the present century, by Mr. Ralph Charlton,
who carried on the business on a small scale for the manufacture of
brown ware. On his death he was succeeded by his son, John Charlton,
who after a few years gave up the business, and was succeeded by Mr.
George Gray who, or his predecessor, enlarged the kilns, &c. Mr. Gray
was succeeded in the business by Messrs. Morrow and Parker, from
whose hands it passed into those of Mr. Rogers, who erected another
kiln and otherwise extended the buildings. It was next worked by Mr.
William Blakey, who held it until 1860, when it passed into the hands
of Messrs. Robert Martin and Co., who still continue the business. The
goods made are brown ware, and brown ware lined with white, in all the
usual classes of domestic vessels.
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