c. 1800–1999
Volkstedt
Karl Ens ownership period, dated to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Symbol guide
Anchor mark on porcelain
Anchor mark on porcelain appears on Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd earthenware from Burslem, England, with a mark period of 1943–1945.
Related marks
136 marks
Undated
Sèvres
dark blue · porcelain · France
Buteux father (Buteux pere) name tag. Flowers, emblems. Dark-blue mark.
1848
Davenport Pottery
Impressed 4 and 8 flanking the anchor date this example to 1848, rather than defining mark use.
Undated
Wallendorf
Used from the factory's founding in 1763–1764 until the beginning of the twentieth century; the end year is not specified.
underglaze · blue · porcelain · Thuringia, Germany
From 1945
British Anchor Pottery Co Ltd
Anchor style listed from 1945, mostly replaced by a crown in the early to mid-1950s.
c. 1943–1945
Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd
The former Gater Hall mark continued briefly under Barratt’s, from 1943 to about 1945.
Separating the recorded variants
Davenport, Witteburg and Samson-related records use different anchor arrangements. Distinguish a plain anchor from one beside initials, and retain whether it is impressed, underglaze painted or overglaze gold.
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.
Compare the maker’s other marks
VolkstedtSèvresImperial porcelain plantDavenport PotteryDerbyWallendorfS BridgwoodGustavsbergBowMettlachChelseaWorcesterParisVeniceCrown Staffordshire Porcelain Co LtdIlmenauLimogesBritish Anchor Pottery Co LtdBarratt's of Staffordshire LtdLanternierSorau CarstensJames EdwardsBohneEdmé SamsonSceauxPorsgrundsKlasterecThe New Chelsea Porcelain Co Ltd, The New Chelsea China Co LtdVolkstedt-RudolstadtKoppelsdorfLongportFenshau factoryKolo Faience FactoryMark IssenbergKarlskronaNeuhaldensleben«Kazenny» («state-owned») faience plantBoulogneCharles ButeuxChatillonChelsea and WorcesterCologneJ & W PrattPoppelsdorf near Bonn on the RhineWidin