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
Another “Ouseburn Pottery,” established some years ago, passed in 1860
into the hands of Mr. John Hedley Walker. Its productions are plain
and ornamented flower-pots, chimney-pots, and horticultural vessels of
various kinds, as well as the lead-pots and lead-dishes which are so
extensively used in the lead works of the district.
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The _Low Pottery_, identical with the Ouseburn Pottery, now
discontinued, was carried on by Messrs. Thompson Brothers, for the
manufacture of white and Sunderland wares.
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_South Shore Pottery._--Now discontinued.
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_The Phœnix Pottery_ was built by John Dryden and Co., about 1821,
for the manufacture of brown ware. White and printed ware were made
afterwards. About 1844, it passed into the hands of Messrs. Isaac Bell
and Co. for a short time; it was afterwards purchased and carried
on by Messrs. Carr and Patton (who at same time had North Shields
Pottery); it was then carried on by Mr. John Patton; next by Messrs.
Cook Brothers, who discontinued manufacturing earthenware in 1860, and
converted the premises into a Chemical Factory.
Mr. John Charlton had also a small manufactory in the Ouseburn.
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_St. Peter’s Pottery_ was established in 1817 by Messrs. Thomas Fell
and Thomas Bell under the style of “Thomas Fell & Co.,” by whom it
was carried on until 1869, when it became a limited liability company
under the same title; the shareholders being the descendants of the
original proprietors. The productions are still, as they have always
been, the ordinary classes of common earthenware, in white, printed,
and sponged varieties. The mark was formerly an anchor with the letter
_F_ [anchor] (for “Fell”) on one side, and the workman’s mark or number
on the other, impressed in the body of the ware. Later on this mark was
discontinued, and the name FELL substituted. Under the company only
printed ware is marked, and that bears the name FELL & Co.
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_St. Anthony’s Pottery._--This is one of the oldest potteries for
fine ware on the Tyne, being established about 1780, but nothing is
known as to its earlier history. In 1803 or 1804 it passed into the
hands of a Mr. Sewell, in whose family it has continued to the present
day, under the styles of “Sewell & Donkin,” and “Sewell & Co.” The
following particulars were furnished to me by the aged manager of the
works, Mr. T. T. Stevenson:--
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