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
Mark details
- Maker
- Ridgways →
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Place
- Shelton, England
Dating cue
Pattern registration 72235 is dated 20 April 1887, a documented exception to the usual circa 1880–1885 no-place-name dating.
Notes
the registration number 72235 shows the design/pattern was registered on 20th April 1887 to J & E A Ridgway Bow and quiver mark without any place name is generally c.1880-1885 - however this is not a had and fast rule as the example registered in April 1887 shows Bow and quiver mark with ' ' is generally c.1885-1890 Bow and quiver mark with 'England' c.1891+ the use of the bow and quiver mark continued after 1920 - when the business was incorporated as Ridgway (Bedford Works) Ltd - usually the bow and quiver mark was then associated with the diamond mark
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.
