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<p>[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 9784802, member: 16501"]Staffordshire pottery is made in Staffordshire, Staffordshire <i>style</i> is made in factories around the world. This is 1000% Staff style at least.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to tell what’s genuinely made in Staffordshire unless it’s the original <i>old</i> stuff (made in bits and hand pressed into a mould - sometimes even with fingerprints), or the earliest factory stuff which tends to be completely open at the bottom and a thinner ceramic. </p><p><br /></p><p>When you arrive at Staffordshire style figures which are obviously made in a mould but closed at the bottom (which yours is - post 1840, to use a somewhat sloppy but popular date), it starts to be essential to know the history of designs and factories. I’m reasonably confident it’s British pre-WWI, but the Scottish subject matter is huuuuugely popular so they will have made lots like this - recommend a google to see if anyone links the design to a factory. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could help more![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 9784802, member: 16501"]Staffordshire pottery is made in Staffordshire, Staffordshire [I]style[/I] is made in factories around the world. This is 1000% Staff style at least. Hard to tell what’s genuinely made in Staffordshire unless it’s the original [I]old[/I] stuff (made in bits and hand pressed into a mould - sometimes even with fingerprints), or the earliest factory stuff which tends to be completely open at the bottom and a thinner ceramic. When you arrive at Staffordshire style figures which are obviously made in a mould but closed at the bottom (which yours is - post 1840, to use a somewhat sloppy but popular date), it starts to be essential to know the history of designs and factories. I’m reasonably confident it’s British pre-WWI, but the Scottish subject matter is huuuuugely popular so they will have made lots like this - recommend a google to see if anyone links the design to a factory. Wish I could help more![/QUOTE]
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