Mug, decorated with Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

This earthenware mug is decorated with a view of Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. It is signed 'Moore & Co, Southwick' and probably dates from between around 1835 and 1845.

The transfer-printed design shows the bridge with ships and other smaller boats sailing underneath it. Inside the mug is a ceramic frog.

The Wearmouth Bridge was built between 1792 and 1796 by Rowland Burdon, the MP for Sunderland and a partner in a bank at Berwick. It was regarded with great pride in the north-east. At least six local potteries made 'bridge ceramics' which were sold in the north-east to residents, visitors and sailors. They were also sent elsewhere in the UK and exported to Europe and North America as part of the export trade in Sunderland ceramics.

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• Online ID: 000-180-000-048-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1936.296
• Date: Between around 1835 and 1845
  c. 1796
  
• Material: Earthenware, white glaze, decorated with transfer-printed designs in black, partly picked out in colours, coloured frog inside
  Mug
  
• Dimensions: 4.88" H
  
• What: Mug
  
• Subject: Ceramics : earthenware
  
• Who:
• Where: England, Sunderland
  
• Event:
• Description: White glazed earthenware mug decorated with transfer-printed designs in black, partly picked out in colours, with a moulded and coloured frog inside: English, Sunderland, c. 1796
  
• References:
  • Evans, G. Souvenirs From Roman Times to the Present Day. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing Ltd, 1999, pp 45-6. 
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