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Ridgways mark: ORIENTAL, After 1879
Mark details
- Maker
- Ridgways →
- Period
- After 1879
- Wording
- ORIENTAL
- Appearance
- beehive initials
- Type
- printed, impressed
- Place
- Shelton, England
Dating cue
The impressed 8/17 dates this example to August 1917; plural Ridgways indicates a post-1879 mark.
Notes
The pattern and earlier urn-and-beehive mark were reissued; production continued .
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.
c. From 1891
ENGLAND
The source dates this England-bearing example approximately from 1891; the small cross is unexplained.