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Low Ford Pottery

From Graces Guide
Mug featuring the first Wearmouth Bridge, on display at Sunderland Museum
Copper plate used for producing transfer for mug, also in Sunderland Museum. Curiously the spandrel rings are missing on the engraved plate

of Sunderland

Also known as Dawson's Pottery

Worked from c.1794 to 1864. The Low Ford Pottery was acquired by John Dawson in the 1790s. The works had a watermill for grinding and preparation of flints and lead for use in glazing. It produced brownware, creamware and tiles. John Dawson died in 1848 aged 88, and the business failed without his leadership. The earthenware and tile producing plants were sold and eventually closed in the 1860s. The works reopened for a time as South Hylton Bottle Works, but were out of use by 1877. No visible trace of the works remains.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ [1] Tyne and Wear HER(2645): South Hylton, Low Ford Pottery (Dawson's Pottery) - Details
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