There are some coincidences that appear to connect Podmore Walker (who later became Wedgwood & Co) and the seemingly unrelated John Wedge Wood (who traded under the name WEDG WOOD, but profitably failed to put the gap between the Wedg and the Wood). Singanese and Singan, both meant 'from Ceylon' in the 1850's and before, then it became Sinhalese, and now we tend to say Sri Lankan. Compare the two patterns below: SINGAN by Thomas Goodfellow, and Podmore's Manilla pattern: They're the same image, reversed! What does this have to do with John Wedge Wood? The Goodfellow backstamp garter is the same as that used by Wedg Wood. Podmore Walker's Manilla above. Below is a mirror image, Singan, by Goodfellow. Thomas Goodfellow was a potter, not an artist. He did not create his own designs, but preferred to pay freelancers and use their patterns. You can see this happening again with his pattern COLONNA. The coincidences don't end there, regarding these potteries, - or the pattern SINGANESE: Wedgwood & Co took over from Podmore Walker, and Podmore Walker in turn had taken over from Ralph Hall. So it may not be surprising that Hall's patterns were continued after Hall went, by Podmore Walker and in turn by Wedgwood & Co. But what does all that have to do with John Wedge Wood? Here's the pattern that Ralph Hall called Singanese ... Here's the pattern that John Wedge Wood called Singanese ... The Staffordshire potters were almost a fraternity. They married into each other's families, socialised together, visited each other, and viewed each other more as friends and colleagues than as competition. Add into this merry mix, the many freelance designers and copper plate engravers, and perhaps it's not surprising that designs, and back marking cartouches, should appear to migrate from one pottery to another.

The mark below is on the back of Goodfellow's SINGAN plate. And now, John Wedge Wood's garter ... Below is the garter mark that Wedgwood & Co took over from Podmore Walker. Here's that garter mark with the PW & Co name .. ___________________ Need more coincidences? Compare the very shape of the jug above, from Podmore, Walker in their Ivanhoe pattern, to the jug below, by John Wedge Wood in his Seine pattern.