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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3610840, member: 111&quot;]As said, it&#039;s not English.&nbsp; Have seen the mark a few times before, on mid-quality holloware, almost certainly American, circa 1910s-&#039;20s - haven&#039;t seen any reasonable attribution, would guess a small jobber, possibly stamping the sphinx at the request of a retailer.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Batt was, as already said, an English plater, despite the sphinx, this piece has nothing to do with him.&nbsp; From Woodhead&#039;s &#039;Trademarks on Base-metal Tableware (1991), citation: &#039;White&#039;s Hardware Trademarks&#039; (1892):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307413[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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