c. 1913–1928
Moorcroft
Full painted signature with impressed BURSLEM separates this early independent format from Macintyre Florian Ware and the later royal stamp.
Country guide
English pottery marks
English pottery marks can identify a manufacturer, a pottery town, a ceramic body and a registered design in the same backstamp.
Names, emblems and neighbouring codes
ENGLAND and MADE IN ENGLAND are country wording. BURSLEM, LONGTON and STOKE-ON-TRENT name pottery centres. WEDGWOOD, SPODE and MINTON identify particular firms.
What to check next
Read a painted pattern number separately from an impressed date code. An Rd number identifies the design registration, while an impressed three-letter Wedgwood group follows a maker-specific date system.
Related marks
3,665 marks
c. 1930–1941
Denby / Joseph Bourne & Son
Danesby Ware is written as a two-word script trade name rather than a Bourne company name or Denby scroll.
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. 1969–1989
Wiltshaw & Robinson / Carlton Ware
Heavy rounded type replaces flowing script; catalogue describes a slide-on lithographic transfer.
c. From 1949
A. B. Jones & Sons and Royal Grafton successors
Crown rests on a diamond containing ROYAL GRAFTON BONE CHINA; ENGLAND curves below.
c. From 1947
R. H. & S. L. Plant / Royal Tuscan
Three upper wording lines introduce FINE ENGLISH BONE CHINA above the crowned wings.
c. From 1976
Derby Crown Porcelain / Royal Crown Derby
Company name and ENGLISH BONE CHINA form a circle around the crown and interlaced D monogram. Illustrated artwork.
c. 1907–1930
Lovatt / Langley Mill pottery lineage
Curved name-and-place impression with an additional LEADLESS GLAZE stamp; distinguish printed Langley Ware wording.
c. 1815–1830
Mason family ironstone business
Widely spaced maker’s name over a crown and scroll; no England or colour guarantee below.
c. From 1918
Sächsische Porzellan-Fabrik Carl Thieme and successors, Potschappel
Original above and Dresden below distinguish the complete layout from the monogram-only design.
c. 1813–1840
Flight, Barr & Barr, Worcester
Circular red mark with the royal arms at the top and Prince of Wales feathers below; distinguish the compact stacked crown mark.
c. 1872–1911
Wileman & Co
This mark dates to about 1872–1911; registration 115510 dates the shape to 10 December 1888 and 117220 the pattern to 9 January 1889.
Undated
Hans Coper
A single HC monogram identifies Coper’s seal; circular foot rings around it are not additional marks.
Undated
Watcombe Pottery
Circular bird/emblem stamp, alongside a separate impressed Watcombe Torquay name.
Undated
Hornsea Pottery
Open three-line name-and-pattern layout with dots differs from the circular name and care stamps. Different pattern names in this same layout are one family.
c. 1949
Bernard Leach
Painted signature instead of an impressed seal. Handwritten BL layouts vary; the pictured bowl is attributed c.1949.
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