Ceramic Marks Made In England

A simple guide to understanding the basics of the marks and dates on the underside of pottery.

Ceramic marks made in england.

Such clear name marks. Porcelain vase made in jingdezhen in 1968 to mark the chinese cultural revolution led by chairman mao. It is easy to tell when the ceramic was made. Marks include the date the given design was registered.

Text on balloons with ribbons are chairman mao lives long life the communist party lives long life and mao zhu xi wan sui chairman mao s. The range of moorcroft pottery marks begins with william moorcroft s time at the mackintyre pottery and covers the 100 year history of design and ownership by william his son walter moorcroft other more current owners and marks of artists and designers from the moorcroft design studio. Keep in mind not every piece made in england held this mark and remember the date was just when the design was registered. Initial marks used by british potters.

Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. Identify a mark by shape. This list may not reflect recent changes. The diamond shaped english registry mark was used by the english patent office since 1842 to identify pieces of english pottery porcelain and other products.

The object of a ceramic trade mark was to enable at least the retailer to know the name of the manufacturer of the object so that re orders etc can be correctly addressed. The mark has the roman numerals iv at the top of the mark if it is for a ceramic. Decorated with tian an men square and hua biao surrounded by a group of sun flowers. For example a given piece of pottery may have been in production long before it was registered so it may not hold the mark.

Also marks indexed by categories many potteries used letters and initials to identify their ware this is an alphabetic listing of the initials used and the companies they correspond to. Oct 2 2020 explore m. See more ideas about pottery makers makers mark pottery marks. Mar 18 2015 explore sandi logan s board collection of porcelain pottery makers marks followed by 367 people on pinterest.

Why the marks are important. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc. See more ideas about pottery marks pottery ceramics. Pages in category ceramics manufacturers of england the following 101 pages are in this category out of 101 total.

A few real life samples of genuine moorcroft pottery marks.