| ATTRIBUTION: Who, Where, When | ||
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ollectors and researchers alike would like to know which of the many
potteries made the pieces they handle. The majority of the factories
of the 1780-1830 period (and beyond) were in Staffordshire, but there
were important works in Yorkshire, Sunderland, Liverpool, South Wales
and other places, as well as in Scotland and Ireland.
Brand name was not a concept widely appreciated 200 years ago. Only
Wedgwood marked many of As a result only about 2% of pearlware, including plain shell edge or painted wares, are seen to have an impressed (or rarely printed) factory mark. This new page of our web site offers a variety of such rare marked
pottery. |
his wares. Others, like Davenport, did so sometimes,
but most marked their products rarely or not at all. This was especially
true for things made for the lower end of the market, like most pearlware
and creamware. Figure 1375 |  Figure 1260 |  Figure 1264 |
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