ATTRIBUTION: Who, Where, When   
C 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 woodmarkhis 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.

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.
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