Undated
Crown Potteries Company, formerly Crown Pottery Company
Lion and unicorn flank a shield; no crown-company wording.
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Fake Ironstone marks
Fake ironstone marks can copy a crest or body name; an Rd number dates design registration, while foot and handle shapes identify the form.
Wording that separates the candidates
IRONSTONE CHINA is a body description shared by manufacturers. A maker name, town or registration number adds more specific information. Check whether a printed crest accompanies a real company name rather than treating the crest as the maker.
What to check next
Compare the spelling, border, size and placement with the manufacturer’s documented marks. A registered-design number dates the registration, not every later production. Keep the foot, handle and decoration in the comparison as well as the stamp.
Related marks
279 marks
c. 1815–1830
Mason family ironstone business
Widely spaced maker’s name over a crown and scroll; no England or colour guarantee below.
c. 1876
John Moses / Glasgow Pottery, Trenton
American eagle rather than the British lion and unicorn; the 1876 catalogue association applies to this white-granite example. Similar 1878 eagle is not counted as a second family.
c. 1890–1900
Hollinshead & Kirkham (Ltd)
Used from around the 1890 takeover of Unicorn Pottery until about 1900.
Undated
Joseph Clementson
The diamond records registration of the Claremont pattern on 30 June 1856; it is not a mark-use interval.
c. 1889–1898
Anthony Shaw (& Son) (& Co)
Design registration 133504 dates to 1889; the caption dates production approximately 1889–1898.
c. 1891–1900
Henry Alcock & Co (Ltd)
The source tentatively dates this ENGLAND-marked version before the general addition of Ltd in 1900.
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