Staffordshire Knot marks

The the three loop knot has long been used as a symbol of Staffordshire and many Stoke-on-Trent potters used it as part of their marks.

Godden in his revision of Jewitt's 'Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900' comments:

"Many nineteenth-century printed marks are based on stock designs - variations of the royal arms, a garter-shaped mark or the Staffordshire knot (both the garter and knot with and without a crown). The knot can occur from about 1845. It was much used in the 1870's and 1880's and continues, in some instances, to the present day. These marks might be found with the initials or names of the relevant manufacturers."

on the history of the Stafford knot

 

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Staffordshire Knot marks were used by:-

[click the potters name for examples of the marks or browse by clicking next]

Potter	Initials / Words	type of mark
William Adams & Co	W ADAMS & Co	knot in a circular band - crown above
H. Aynsley & Co	H A & Co L	initials inside knot
Bodley & Co	B & Co	initials inside knot
Edward F Bodley & Co	SCOTIA POTTERY	words inside knot
Bodley & Harrold	SCOTIA POTTERY	words inside knot
Edward F Bodley & Son	NEW BRIDGE POTTERY	words inside knot
George Frederick Bowers	G F B	initials inside knot
E Brain & Co Ltd	E B & Co F	initials inside knot - FOLEY CHINA 1850
William Brownfield	W B	initials inside knot - often impressed
Burslem School of Art	B S A	initials inside knot - often impressed
E & C Challinor	E & C CHALLINOR	initials inside knot - often impressed
Goodwin & Bullock	G & B	initials inside knot
Thomas Green	FENTON T G	initials inside knot - crown above
T A & S Green	T A & S G	initials inside knot - crown above
Hanley China Co	C H Co	initials inside knot - crown above
Hanley Porcelain Co	P H Co	initials inside knot
Jackson & Gosling	JACKSON & GOSLING	initials inside knot - crown above
A B Jones & Sons	B A J	initials inside knot - inside shield - half sun above
Kensington Pottery Ltd	K P H	initials inside knot ("KENSINGTON" above)
William Kent	KENT	name below knot
J H Middleton & Co	H & Co M L	initials inside knot
Arthur J Mountford	A M J	initials inside an upside down knot
New Wharf Pottery	New Wharf Pottery	name below knot
- unknown -	OC & Co	initials inside knot - crown above
Old Hall Earthenware Co Ltd	OLD HALL 1790	name inside a castle above knot (1790 inside)
Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd	OLD HALL 1790	name inside a castle above knot (1790 inside)
Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd	P K P	initials inside knot
George Phillips	PHILLIPS	name above knot
Plant Bros (Burslem works)	P B   or   P B B	initials inside knot - winged crown above
Plant Bros (Longton works)	P B L	initials inside knot - winged crown above
R H Plant & Co	R H P & Co	initials inside knot '& Co' below - winged crown above
R H & SL Plant (Ltd)	R H & S L P	initials inside knot 'P' below - winged crown above
Regout, Petrus	PR	initials inside knot - crown above
Ridgway, Sparks & Ridgway	R S R	initials inside knot
Robinson & Son	R & S L	initials inside knot 'L' below
Smith & Binnall	S & B T	initials inside knot 'T' below
Thomas Twyford	T T H	initials inside knot 'H' below
Walker & Carter	W & C	name inside knot
John Wardle & Co	John Wardle & Co	name above knot
Wellington Pottery Co	W P Co	initials inside knot 'Co' below
Wilkinson & Wardle	W W	initials above knot 'DENABY' below
H J Wood (Ltd)	H J W B	initials inside knot 'B' below
Wood & Son(s)	WOOD & SON (S)	name below knot - crown above
W Wood & Co	W & W Co	initials inside knot 'Co' below. later marks with - crown above

 

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