c. From 1898
Grueby pottery
FAIENCE CO. is the earlier lotus wording; it was still used after POTTERY appeared.
Symbol guide
A pottery mark
In an a pottery mark, a painted decorator initial outside a factory emblem and a letter inside the emblem can have different owners and purposes.
Separating the recorded variants
Compare a free-standing A with A inside a factory emblem. In Delftware the factory and painter can have separate initials. On British pottery an isolated letter may instead form part of a date or decorator code.
What to check next
Compare the complete maker examples below, including the mark technique and the position of every letter. A painted decorator initial outside a factory emblem and a letter inside the emblem can have different owners and purposes.
Related marks
2,294 marks
c. 1891–1932
Jean Pouyat / successors retaining mark
FRANCE distinguishes the export-format stamp from the earlier JP/L; the decorating date may be later.
Undated
Seikozan
Four-character square signature without the Yasuda emblem or Shimazu crest; the handwritten number is a collection mark.
Undated
Mark Hewitt
Example dated c. 1990-1999.
stoneware
Illustrated object: Covered Jar. Method: thrown. Surface: glaze, woodfire.
Undated
Walter Cornelison / Bybee Pottery
Full written name, Bybee and 2007 distinguish this dated example from the abbreviated WLC signature.
Undated
Camark Pottery
USA sits above the mixed-case name and a shape number, unlike the early plain CAMARK impression.
From 1928
Moorcroft
POTTER TO H.M. THE QUEEN is an added warrant statement, absent from the plain independent signature.
2025
Homer Laughlin China Company / Fiesta Tableware Company
NNNB is the 2025 second-quarter code; LEAD SAFE replaces LEAD FREE on this example.
c. 1840–1859
Denby / Joseph Bourne & Son
Warranted wording separates this from the later Denby and limited-company stamps.
1903
Van Briggle Pottery
The full four-digit 1903 date distinguishes this early format; 127 is the shape number.
Undated
Gainey Ceramics
Small dark printed circular name-and-origin stamp surrounds a large 3; it appears inside a separate molded rim inscription.
From 1920
Sarreguemines / Sarreguemines-Digoin-Vitry lineage
DIGOIN joins SARREGUEMINES around the shield, with FRANCE at the base.
Undated
Beaumont Brothers Pottery
Arched blue maker-and-place lettering on the exterior of a miniature crock, without the S. Rucker shoulder-stamp wording.
Undated
Rochard Limoges
Circular flower-like logo above a separate hand-painted location and painter initials.
c. 1950–1983
Royal Worcester
A single large W replaces the crown and 51 emblem; the coddler-specific PORCELAIN wording sits below the circle.
c. 1935–1950
W. Goebel, used on M. I. Hummel figurines
Crown over interlaced WG precedes the bee-with-V families.
Undated
Royal Naples / Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea
Crowned N belongs to the later Naples marking tradition; it is not the first Capodimonte factory’s fleur-de-lis.
c. 1894–1926
Wiltshaw & Robinson / Carlton Ware
Crown and circle without Made in England; the design registration number identifies the pattern.
Undated
Arthur E. Baggs for Marblehead Pottery
Blue AB monogram is painted between the two halves of the year 1913, alongside a separate factory ship impression.
1932–1937
Red Wing Union Stoneware for RumRill
Widely spaced narrow letters with tall R forms; name lies near the rim above a separately enclosed shape number.
Compare the maker’s other marks
Grueby potteryMeissenJ. Pouyat LimogesPfaltzgraffTressemanes & VogtSatsumaMark HewittBybee PotteryCamark PotteryMonmouthWilliam Moorcroft LtdFiestaDenbyVan BriggleGainey CeramicsSarregueminesBeaumont Brothers PotteryRochardRoyal WorcesterM. I. Hummel figurinesCapodimonteCarlton Ware LtdMarblehead PotteryRumRill PotteryDelftDelftsC.T. AltwasserRoyal DoultonRoyal CopenhagenCrown Potteries CompanyWestern StonewareRoyal Grafton China LtdRaymorGlidden PotteryVolkstedtCatalina potteryShenango ChinaBrush PotteryR H & S L PlantCrown LynnR.S. PrussiaHomer LaughlinFukagawaUnited WilsonHutschenreutherHerendPewabicSimon & HalbigRoyal Crown DerbyBurgess & LeighPorzellanfiguren Gräfenthal GmbHCantagalliLovatt & LovattSalmon FallsShearwaterWattWalter Benjamin StephenHampshire PotteryW. S. GeorgeHans CoperSèvresEichwaldMetloxGoldscheiderFrankomaCopeland & GarrettJanet LeachHornseaA E Gray and Co LtdNewcomb PotteryTalaveraAhrenfeldt LimogesRookwood PotteryImperial porcelain plantGoebelRoyal HaegerBernard LeachDartington PotteryGlasgow PotteryPorcelana Krzysztof Sp.ZOOMajolicaRosenthalMinton & CoDerbyCoalportGrimwades LtdDoultonGrimwade BrosS BridgwoodLunevilleBernardaudStoke-on-TrentNymphenburgImperialFaenzaHammersley