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James Gildea mark: LATE MAYERS
Mark details
- Maker
- James Gildea →
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- LATE MAYERS
- Place
- England, United Kingdom
Dating cue
1790 refers to the building of the Dale Hall works, not manufacture; Late Mayers refers to an earlier occupier.
Notes
The date "1790" is not a manufacturing date, it is not even the date of operation of the company who made the ware - the occupiers of the Dale Hall pottery works used the date "1790" - which was the date the works were first built by Joseph Stubbs. It was not unusual for potters to try to establish an early date, to try to give their ware some sense of history and value. The wording " " refers to Thomas, John & Joshua Mayer who operated . Bates & Elliot first introduced this kneeling nude potter mark and it was used by successive owners at the Dale Hall potworks.