Two interesting things for me in this post.
1. I have a small brownware crock from Cumnock that belonged to my maternal grandmother who lived in New Cumnock!
2. THE Rev Thomas Brameld (of Rockingham China) illegally married a niece of my paternal great Paulson grandmother! I don't have any of their work, although, except for a photo on my PC of a ginger beer bottle made by them.
Thomas was also an artist, BUT as well as that he was a Vicar, who had an affair with said g-grandmother's niece, from Mansfield, (named Mary Kate Paulson) who was the governess of his children. The couple took off to Scotland, and left a very false trail of info, so the families didn't know where they were! Thomas changed his surname to Grey, became quite a popular artist there, and sold his work under that name! They apparently married after they discovered (somehow or other) that his wife had died!
This is the information I found about Thomas Brameld on Trove Australia! It appears that the niece of my great grandmother took off with the Local Vicar!
" John Thomas Brameld
Incumbent of St John's Church of England in Mansfield
"The church suffered some embarrassment in September 1866 when the incumbent, Rev. J.T. Brameld, eloped with a young lady called Paulson"
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Ok, so they cleverly laid that false trail to Australia somehow, and when they arrived in Scotland, changed their names to Grey, although they never married! He was an artist naming himself Thomas Grey, and she named herself Mary Kate Grey.
Here's a link to the actual article!
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198206124?searchTerm=Paulson%20Brameld%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=