backstamps by british artists and workshops
ENGLISH POTTERY MARKS
by California State Parks, including: Adams, Alcock, Baker, Boote, Clarke, Cochran, Davenport… / English language
www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22319
ASIATIC PHEASANT PATTERN MARKS
This site is dedicated to the history and development of a transfer printed china pattern, which was made by many British potters and by 1880 had achieved universal popularity / English language
www.asiaticpheasants.co.uk/markspics.html
BURGESS and LEIGH
Beehive mark, globe mark, MIDDLEPORT POTTERY, Burleigh Ware, etc.
Excellent site by thepotteries.org / English language
www.thepotteries.org/mark/b/burgess.html
Site by Perfectpieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=34
BRANNAM
C. H. BRANNAM, MADE IN ENGLAND
Founded in Barnstaple in Devon in 1879. Site by Perfectpieces / /English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=28
CARLTON WARE
Crown with bird, script backstamp
Great site with lots of information by Dr Czes & Yvonne Kosniowski
www.ckyk.com/carltonware/
Site by Perfectpieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=4
COALPORT PORCELAIN WORKS
Crown with Coalport and A.D. 1750, England etc.
Established by John Rose in the late 18th century.. / English language
www.thepotteries.org/mark/c/coalport.html
CORNISH CERAMICS
This site provides information for pottery lovers and researchers about the many Cornish potteries and the potters, decorators and ceramic designers who have worked in Cornwall. / English language
www.cornishceramics.com/marks.htm
DERBY (Crown Derby)
Crown over ‘D’, D and Anchor, etc.
Official site of the company, The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is owned by Steelite International / English language
www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/trademarks/
Excellent site by Antique-Marks / English language
www.antique-marks.com/derby-marks.html
DOULTON (Royal Doulton)
Lion with crown, interlocking ‘D’, coronet mark, etc.
Good site by Chinafinders / English language
www.chinafinders.com.au/dating_lambeth.asp
Site by Perfect Pieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=17
Excellent site by Antique-Marks / English language
www.antique-marks.com/doulton-marks.html
DUCHESS
Marks from the English manufacturer A. T Finney & Sons used from 1888 to the end of 1999 / English language
www.duchesschina.co.uk/back_stamps.htm
GREEN (T.G. Green)
Church and shield mark, or Made in England
Marks from the English manufacturer T.G. Green / English language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornishware
HUDSON (William Hudson and Co.)
Lion with SUTHERLAND China and Made in England
Site by Pottery Historie / English language
www.potteryhistories.com/page75.html
LOVATT
Lovatt Langley England, or Made in England
Marks from the English manufacturer Calvert & Lovatt (1895 – 1982) / English language
https://alchetron.com/Langley-Mill-Pottery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_Mill_Pottery
MASON’S
Crown and banner with ‘PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA’, etc.
Excellent site by the Keele University / English language
www.keele.ac.uk/ravenmason/masonsmarks/
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MINTON
Floral marks , etc.
The Minton Archive / English language
https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/some-particularly-useful-records/
https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/
NEW CHELSEA PORCELAIN Co. Ltd
Anker mark with CHELSON CHINA, or LOWESTOFT
Site by Pottery Historie / English language
www.potteryhistories.com/newchelsea.html
PILKINGTON
P with bees, tudor rose, etc.
Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery and Royal Lancastrian Pottery, Society site / English language
https://www.pilkingtons-lancastrian.co.uk/Bases/Marks.html
Good site by Perfect Pieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=20
POOLE
Dolphin, etc.
Founded by Jesse Carter in 1873, East Quay Pottery in Poole.
Site by Perfect Pieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=14
POTTERY ENGLISH
Porcelain Marks and Backstamps by Pottery-English.com / English language
https://pottery-english.com/category/pottery-marks/
RADFORD, EDWARD
Introduction to the handpainted pottery, including base marks / English language
www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=125
RUTHGEERTS PORCELAIN SITE
Meissen: the crossed swords, Vienna: the shield mark, Chelsea: the anchor mark, Höchst: the wheel mark, Fürstenberg: the “F” mark, Sèvres: the double “L” mark, Ludwigsburg: the crowned “C” & “L” marks, Berlin: the scepter mark, Naples: the crowned “N” mark, Marks: the Dresden crown mark, Marks: the ‘AR’ Monogram (Augustus Rex) / English and Dutch languages
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SHELLY GROUP
SHELLY in shield, Late Folley
Backstamps of the Wileman family potteries, Wileman & Company and the Shelley potteries / English language
www.shelley.co.uk/Z_Backstamps.html
Good site by Perfect Pieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=21
TAYLOR TUNNICLIFFE (Hanley, Staffordshire)
Corwn mark with T like symbol in circle
Marks from the English manufacturer Taylor, Tunnicliff & Co (also known as Taylor, Tunnicliffe & Co) / English language
http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/988.htm
THE POTTERIES.ORG
A guide to British (especially Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire) ceramic companies /
English language
www.thepotteries.org/mark/index.htm
TROIKA
Troika Cornwall, etc.
Troika Pottery (St Ives) was founded in 1963 by Leslie Illsley, Benny Sirota and Jan Thompson, Good site by Perfect Pieces / English language
www.perfectpieces.co.uk/backstinfo.php?pmanuid=22
WADE BACKSTAMPS
Lion, WADEHEATH, Wades, England, etc.
Site by antique-marks.com / English language
https://antique-marks.com/wade-marks.html
WEDGWOOD
Text in circle, Vase, etc.
Site of The Wedgwood Museum / English language
www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/
Excellent site by Asiatic Pheasants including many Wedgwood marks / English language
www.asiaticpheasants.co.uk/markspics.html
Excellent site by Antique-Marks / English language
www.antique-marks.com/wedgwood-marks.html
WORCESTER (Royal Worcester)
Circle with Crown, crescent mark, etc.
Excellent site by Antique-Marks / English language
www.antique-marks.com/royal-worcester-marks.html