STOCKTON-ON-TEES POTTERY. 
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well, as it would be a popular subject for such a purpose, 80 or go 
years ago. The engine depicted on the mug in our Collection, 
namely, the Express, was that which ran between Liverpool and 
Manchester about 1827—1830. The engines bore the names of 
some of the old horse coaches, such as the “Tally-ho,” “High¬ 
flier,” “ Mail,” “ Eclipse,” etc. Some of the nobility and gentry 
through whose land the line passed had the privilege of having 
one of their carriages strapped on to the top of the last plain flat- 
topped railway wagon, and of riding in it if they did not care to 
go in the ordinary coaches. In our mug the carriage on the last 
wagon is empty, but on one belonging to Mr. J. R. Triffltt, a 
whole family is shown sat in the carriage, ladies and gentlemen, 
and a man perched in the “dickey” behind, the luggage being 
placed on the top of the preceding coach. 
As recently as 1914 I find that the Great Eastern Railway Co. 
stated in their time tables that “ passengers riding in their own 
carriages are charged first class fare.” This was kindly pointed 
out to me by Mr. J. W. Davis, York. 
Fig. 96. Plate. Mr. O. Grabham’s Collection. 
The pretty blue and white and brown and white marbled and 
combed chargers or dishes, some of them of large size, and known 
as “Welsh trays,” though why I have never been able to discover, 
were not made at the Stafford Pottery, but only at the “Clarence 
Potteries,” Norton, on the Durham side of the Tees. They were 
