Pottery & porcelain · a closer look
A E Gray and Co Ltd mark: HAND PAINTED / GRAY’S POTTERY / HANLEY ENGLAND, c. 1931–1933
Mark details
- Period
- c. 1931–1933
- Wording
- HAND PAINTED / GRAY’S POTTERY / HANLEY ENGLAND
- Appearance
- Long low ship with shields, mast and crenellated ends above bold name panel
- Type
- printed
- Colour
- black
- Material
- decorated ceramic
- Place
- Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Dating cue
Jack Bond’s stylised mediaeval ship is distinct from the realistic clipper and galleons.