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Birks, Rawlins & Co (Ltd) mark: MERMAID British Make W R & S
Mark details
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- MERMAID British Make W R & S
- Material
- porcelain
- Place
- Stoke, England
Notes
William Ritchie & Sons used the Mermaid trademark. Manufacture by Birks, Rawlins & Co is suggested but unproven.
Other Birks, Rawlins & Co (Ltd) marks
1904
porcelain
The Gillingham arms were granted in April 1904; that is a heraldic grant date, not the mark's full use period.
1914
Flags of the Allies War 1914 United we Stand
WAR 1914 appears in the souvenir decoration; it is not a complete mark-use interval.