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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Brassey, post: 3010802, member: 15277&quot;]I doubt you will get the definitive answer to that. In my opinion, unless your brand was a big name &quot;Spode&quot; &quot;Wedgwood&quot; &quot;Royal Worcester&quot; there was little to gain from adding a further process to the manufacturing by stamping a piece. In mass production in a competitive business every second counts. </p><p><br /></p><p>This also applies to piece workers being paid by the item. If they save a few seconds they might improve their output. </p><p><br /></p><p>With early tea services for example only the major part of the set eg the teapot was marked again, presumably, to save time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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