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: Stoke-on-Trent, c. 1880–1885
Mark details
- Maker
- Ridgways →
- Period
- c. 1880–1885
- Wording
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Place
- Shelton, England
Dating cue
Bow-and-quiver marks without a place name generally date circa 1880–1885, with documented later exceptions.
Notes
Registration 688 dates the shape to 23 January 1884; registration dates are separate from mark-use dates.
Other Ridgways marks
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.