After 1879
ORIENTAL
The impressed 8/17 dates this example to August 1917; plural Ridgways indicates a post-1879 mark.
Pottery & porcelain · a closer look
Ridgways mark: Engraved for W.Ridgway & Co 1832
Mark details
- Maker
- Ridgways →
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- Engraved for W.Ridgway & Co 1832
- Type
- impressed
- Place
- Shelton, England
Dating cue
The impressed 11/13 dates the illustrated object's manufacture to November 1913; 1832 elsewhere refers to the pattern's earlier production.
Notes
the impressed date mark gives the month/year of manufacture - in this instance 11/13 for November 1913 NOTE: The wording ' ' refers to the fact that the pattern was first produced in 1832 by one of the former companies William Ridgway & Co . who operated in this period. It does not mean that this ware was made in 1832
Other Ridgways marks
c. 1880–1885
Stoke-on-Trent
Bow-and-quiver marks without a place name generally date circa 1880–1885, with documented later exceptions.
c. 1885–1890
Stoke-on-Trent
The source generally dates Stoke-on-Trent bow-and-quiver marks to about 1885–1890.
c. 1885–1890
Stoke-on-Trent
The source generally dates Stoke-on-Trent bow-and-quiver marks to about 1885–1890; 73316 is a pattern registration of 1887.
