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W. R. & S
L
Excelsior China
Made in England

initials in a Stafford Knot 
the 'L' may stand for 'Limited' or for the town of Longton

The mark is on a crested china vase with the date 1914 and 'Flags of the Allies'

Fragment found (2024) in the bottom of a disused well in Wellington New Zealand.

Typical scroll mark with the wording 
'Warranted Staffordshire' 

The manufacturer is unknown

mark in a circle - with a bee above

mark found on an egg box with 
hand painted flowers, leaves and birds
gilding to the edges

B P Co
Burslem
England

mark in a shield with a Kangaroo
on top

mark found on a vase with 
hand painted flowers 

Ironstone
Made in England

Unicorn and Lion 
VR in a shield 

mark found on ware almost certainly 
produced in the late 20th, early 21st century

Stone China
N. P.

mark on a willow pattern dish

 
Trade Mark - with Lion & Sun 

C.B. & G.K.
Stoke-on-Trent

this mark appears to be that of a company
who decorated blanks supplied by Pottery companies

T & Co
DAISY

Daisy will be the pattern name 

BMB
Lane End

this mark, found on a Willow pattern platter, is
of an unknown manufacturer, it could be from
a short lived partnership with Beardmore & Birks

Dalmara Ware
Stoke-on-Trent

C P Co Ltd
Burslem
England

S P C
T

P S C
T

The 'T' at the bottom may stand for TUNSTALL
(one of the North Staffordshire pottery towns)

Asiatic Pheasants pattern

Warranted
Opaque China
R & D

mark on a willow pattern plate and platter 

Robinson & Dale

Royal Ironstone China
S M 

This copy of the British Royal Arms was used by Petrus Regout
- a Dutch industrialist who used this style of marks on some of his ware to give the impression that it was English

a crown overtop of a Stafford knot

mark used by Petrus Regout - a Dutch potter 
(using the Stafford Knot on some ware)

identification solved by: Frans van Kuijen 

English
Best Bone China

mark of a globe with an angel holding a 
pennant with the St. George's Cross
early mark of H.M. Williamson & Sons 

W E & Co
Hanley

mark of Whittaker Edge & Co

228
H
 [embossed mark of urn] 
ENGLAND

The registration number 209222 dates to 1893

the manufacturer was William Ault of Swadlincote near Burton-on-Trent
they were in operation from 1887 to 1923 

Chinese
Temple
E.C. & T.

mark of: Everard, Colclough & Townsend

asiatic pheasants
G & J. H. 

mark of: George & John Hobson

identification solved by: Andrew Pye (see his web sites) 

RCA
mark on a willow pattern plate and platter 

Likely to be Read, Clementson, Anderson

ENGLAND
CHELTENHAM
FB

Cheltenham is the pattern name

mark of Frederick Booth
Broad Street, Bradford, Yorkshire
- operated around 1881