Symbol guide
W pottery mark
W pottery mark includes Meissen, Delft, Wileman & Co, and Sèvres. Examples occur on porcelain from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Related marks
325 marks
c. 1872–1911
Wileman & Co
This mark dates to about 1872–1911; shape 60650 was registered on 4 November 1886 and pattern 84175 on 17 October 1887.
c. 1874–1878
Powell & Bishop
Autumn pattern registered 17 March 1874, as shown by the registration diamond.
Separating the recorded variants
Compare a W beneath a crown with a W alongside an anchor. A spelled-out WARDLE or WALLEY name supplies a different level of identification from a lone letter. Retain any accompanying town or country.
What to check next
Compare the complete maker examples below, including the mark technique and the position of every letter. A painted decorator initial outside a factory emblem and a letter inside the emblem can have different owners and purposes.
Compare the maker’s other marks
MeissenDelftWileman & CoSèvresImperial porcelain plantGoebelCmielowDerbyWallendorfFaenzaMitterteich BavariaF Winkle & CoAdderleyNew Wharf Pottery CoViennaWalbrzychPowell & BishopHeinrich & CoLate MayersWorcesterGeroldBerlinRouenLudwigsburgVeniceW H Grindley & Co (Ltd)Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co LtdA Meakin (Ltd) Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) LtdBeatrice WoodGermanyKPM BerlinDunn, Bennett & CoBirks, Rawlins & Co (Ltd)Malcolm WrightG L Ashworth & BrosUnknown brandsJames (Jim) McKinnellRauensteinTournaiImporters Wittmann & Roth - LondonW Baker & CoWesselGerry WilliamsNurembergWilhelmsburgJaeger EisenbergReinhold MerkelbachSheltonWilliam Ridgway (& Co)H J Wood (Ltd)H M Williamson & SonsHewitt & Leadbeater / Hewitt BrothersRobert HarrisonFactory of the Count ZamoyskiyJosef KubaReutterWaechtersbachBareuther WaldsassenWhittaker partnershipsWilliam Bennett (Hanley) LtdWilliam LoweGuerin LimogesJ F WilemanMarieberg SwedenEdward WalleyFrans Rudolf Wildenhain Frans WildenhainJohn W. NovyS W DeanStaffordshire William Adams - potter of TunstallBordeauxF. WesselJohn & William RidgwayW & E CornWayne ChapmanWiltshaw & Robinson (Ltd)ZurichLaurie and Wayne AndersonRidgways (Bedford Works) LtdThomas C Wild & CoWehsener't FortuynHeinrich WinterlingKühnert WeißLippelsdorfThomas Walkervan WellWarsawC & J ShawThomas GodwinTodd WahlstromW Wood & CoWalter CornelisonWaltraud WeberWild and AdamsWild BrosWildblood, Heath & Sons