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. From 1891
Mark details
- Maker
- Ridgways →
- Period
- c. From 1891
- Wording
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Place
- Shelton, England
Dating cue
Bow-and-quiver versions with England date from circa 1891 onwards.
Notes
Bow and quiver mark without any place name is generally - however this is not a had and fast rule as the example registered in April 1887 shows Bow and quiver mark with ' ' is generally Bow and quiver mark with 'England' + the use of the bow and quiver mark continued - 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.
