Symbol guide
H pottery mark
H pottery mark appears on Hollinshead & Kirkham (Ltd) earthenware from Burslem Tunstall, England, with a mark period of 1870–1900.
Related marks
290 marks
c. 1841–1873
Minton & Co
Orange Blossom pattern registered 17 December 1869; the printed-mark style is dated approximately 1841–1873.
Undated
Doulton
1986 is printed as a copyright date; the source does not give a complete use interval.
Undated
Urbino
earthenware · Italy
Name tag on a platter depicting two episodes from the life of Joseph.
c. 1700–1799
Strasbourg
The source places this in the middle of the eighteenth century; the interval represents century-level precision.
Separating the recorded variants
Compare H alone with W.H, H & Co and a spelled-out HACKWOOD mark. A monogram can join two letters, so trace each stroke before treating it as a single H. Look for a town or body description beside it.
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
MeissenMark HewittDelftHerendSèvresAhrenfeldt LimogesMinton & CoDerbyDoultonHammersleyCopenhagenAdderleyViennaHollinshead & Kirkham (Ltd)Heinrich & CoWorcesterNaplesKatzhutteRouenVilleroy & BochFrankenthalUrbinoW H Grindley & Co (Ltd)StrasbourgGermanyVincennesUnknown brandsJ H Weatherby & Sons (Ltd)Gorodnitskaya factoryHerb Cohen Herbert CohenPopov plant.T HughesDresdenHerbert SandersHenry Alcock & Co (Ltd)HollohazaPalermoBayreuthCastelduranteGrossbreitenbachSheltonChantillyH J ColcloughH J Wood (Ltd)H M Williamson & SonsHicks, Meigh & JohnsonHuttensteinachJ H DavisPlant of the Duke YusupovW Hilditch & SonsChodovSelbWilliam Bennett (Hanley) LtdDon Hansonformer Chodau Dolni ChodovWilliam HackwoodH A Wain and Sons LtdH Aynsley & Co (Ltd)Kjøbenhavns Porcellains MaleriLichteName tags similar to Meissen’s:Nasonov plantRalph HammersleyJason HartsoeLe Nove near BassanoMartin HoltSaint-OmerBeech, Hancock & CoFranceHolly CurcioJeff HaleOironR HallW H Lockittde Reilly outpost ParisFranziska HirschHackwood & KeelingHeath & BlackhurstHelen WatsonHolland & GreenHollinshead & GriffithsHudson and Middleton LtdHulse, Nixon & AdderleyJ H Middleton & (Co)Jane Pollard Jane P. HartsookRick HintzeSaint-Denis ParisWildblood, Heath & SonsBalleroy et CieFreiwaldau GozdnicaH BurgessHancock, Whittingham & CoHibbert & BougheyHill & CoHiroaki EndoKensington Pottery Ltd