Wedgwood Ceramics Marks

The comma or moustache mark looks like two dashes arranged like a moustache or single open and close quotes see below for examples.

Wedgwood ceramics marks.

Shop classic english fine china dinnerware and gifts designed with english elegance since 1759. Ld was added to the marks from 1900. These wares would have one of the three circular marks shown here. Imperial porcelain wedgwood co ld england.

Printed mark c1906 with or without imperial porcelain england wedgwood co ld. Fortunately for the collector josiah wedgwood was the first potter of note to mark his goods with his own name. In 1769 josiah wedgwood started producing decorative wares in partnership with his good friend thomas bentley. Antique wedgwood history wedgwood marks associated with wedgwood creamware jasperware and other products the wedgwood company is a british pottery firm originally founded by josiah wedgwood c1795 and possibly the most famous name ever associated with pottery.

Buy direct from wedgwood. An easy to use chronological list of wedgwood marks to help the wedgwood collector who is faced with many imitators to date genuine wedgwood antiques. They are distinctly separate marks and generally appear over or under the wedgwood mark. Ornamental wares with this mark are always after 1780.

Manufacturers were not overly concerned about sticking to rules and would interchange marks using different marks at the same time and using old batches later in the production runs. Royal semi porcelain wedgwood co england. Printed mark c1908 often with the name of the pattern or style included. These trademarks which always contain the work wedgwood have differed for various reasons throughout the company s history.