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Bates, Elliot & Co mark: English Porcelain B. E & Co, 1874
Mark details
- Maker
- Bates, Elliot & Co →
- Period
- 1874
- Wording
- English Porcelain B. E & Co
- Type
- impressed
- Place
- Burslem, England
Dating cue
The impressed 1/74 identifies manufacture of the illustrated object in January 1874, not a general use interval.
Notes
sometimes was carried impressed numbers to show the month/year of manufacture - in this example 1/74 gives January
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