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Staffordshire William Adams - potter of Tunstall mark: GR V

Mark details

c. From 1879

Some Adams' marks incorporated a crown and Stafford knot used from c.1879 and into the early 20thC

From 1891

The stag mark was introduced in 1879; the source states that ENGLAND was added from 1891.

1917

This is a marks table reproduced in the 1917 Pottery Gazette, not an individual dated mark.

c. 1930–1939

The royal cypher identifies government-supplied ware; 1942 is the year on this example, not a mark-use range.

1953

1953 appears with the royal cypher on this example; it is not a mark-use range.

Undated

1928 is printed on this example; the source suggests that the diamond W relates to the Office of Works.