I picked this up the other day and thought I had it nailed when I came across this listing. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283524899222 Just sat down and had a closer look and it seems it's not William Lowe as described. William Lowe used the letters WLL in an upside down triangle. Seems they might be a bit out with the price too! I can't find WLH on the potteries but there is a WHL. W Lockitt. Still no visual matches though. The Rd 251169 should give it away but I always forget where these are located. All I know is that it is 1895 Anyone got any ideas please?
I would think that Lockitt is correct. Made for local markets probably since England doesn't appear on the mark. JMHO.
Okay I will go down that line first thanks. It could read WHL if the WH are on the same line and the L on the next line as it appears. Also there is a full stop after the L which might indicate the last character.
Looking up the registry number in British Porcelain Design Registrations 1842-1883, I get 1871, but the numbers skip from 251013 to 251246 and neither of the companies cited has those initials.
1890 141273 1891 163767 1892 185713 1893 205240 1894 224720 1895 246975 1896 268392 1897 291241 1898 311658 1899 331707
Downloaded to my computer years ago. I don't know, I'm just saying... Is yours porcelain or bone china? Could they be glazed earthenware?
Looking at the brokied ones it is white inside, so porcelain or bone China. I never realised they had different sets of numbers for different materials, although I was aware that one of the things on the lozenges referred to material type.
It can’t be 1871, we didn’t start using simple numbering till 1883. this is decent. https://www.oldcopper.org/special_topics/registered_designs.php
If its English this dates it to 1895. I didnt consider that it could be US though so that's a whole new kettle of fish.
The US does not use the term Registered Design or anything close to the Rd No printed in these pieces. Later in the 1900s you start to see registered trademark on product labels.
I see where I went wrong. After the registration diamond was discontinued, they started counting again from 1.
So, I got a cute little cup for peanuts in Scotland years ago. It had an Rd number in a rectangle similar to Chinoiserie's and I reckoned late 19th c. It was a familiar pattern used for decades. Imagine my surprise, it turned up to be early 20th c. Live and learn!
