Ceramic Trade Marks - P
Initials Used as Trade Marks - P

 

North Staffordshire Pottery Marks

 

R H & S L Plant (Ltd)

Index page for R H & SL Plant 

examples of R H & SL Plant ware

 

R H & S L Plant (Ltd)

Manufacturers of porcelain at the Tuscan Works, Longton.

c.1898 - 1966 

In 1966 the holding company was aquired by Wedgwood and RH & SL Plant Ltd. was re-named "Royal Tuscan" and continued as a manufacturing unit of the Wedgwood Group 

Early marks include the initials 'R H & S L P' .
Marks post 1902 include the trade-name 'TUSCAN'.

Mark

Description & date



c.1898 - 1902
Marks post 1902 include the trade-name 'TUSCAN'.

RH & SL
P
ENGLAND

printed mark incorporating the Crowned Wings which is a regular mark of the Plant potteries and initials inside a Staffordshire Knot.

Variation of this mark occurs with "RH & SL PLANT" underneath the Staffordshire Knot

 

 

 c.1902+

early mark with name "RH & SL PLANT" in full

 

c.1902+

early mark with "PL" for Plant Limited

 

c.1907+

TUSCAN CHINA
ENGLAND

c.1920's

TUSCAN CHINA
MADE IN
ENGLAND

 

c.1936+

PLANT
TUSCAN CHINA
MADE IN
ENGLAND

 

TUSCAN CHINA
METALLISED
MADE IN ENGLAND 		c.1936+

"TUSCAN CHINA" in an arch above.
No winged crown on this mark.
"Metallised" used as a trade mark on heavy duty ware.

 

c.1947+

note the introduction of the wording "FINE ENGLISH BONE CHINA"

 

Mark used when RH & SL Plant were first taken over by the Wedgwood Group.

The "72" below the crown indicates the year of manufacture. i.e. 1972

BS4034 is the British Standards Kite Mark for Hotelware.

Modern marks incorporate the name 'ROYAL TUSCAN'
April 1978

 

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