Hi Back on this list after a long break. I am looking for help to solve a problem that has occurred within my Family History. Two Sunderland Lustre ware Jugs have recently appeared in an auction in Dorset inscribed with the names of my Great, Great Grandparents Sarah Payne and Bernard Berry from Chideock, Dorset - both dated in the 19th century. I have so far been unable to find a link for the Payne or Berry family with the North East and am wondering if anybody on this list is researching the Payne family and can give me any information A visit to the "Dur-Sunderland List" came up with.... There was a considerable trade by Sunderland Potteries in the sale of "Gift China" to sailors plying between ports. Pottery was frequently made for presentation purposes, to commemorate birthdays, baptisms, weddings, etc. It could be that someone ordered the jugs as a gift for your great, great grandparents My only sailor (so far) in the Payne family was my great grandfather who was born after the date on the second jug, the rest all appear to be farmers and farm workers. Any help with this would be very much appreciated Wyn Burgess