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This is a partial collection of potters trademarks to possibly help someone to identify an old hand me down or yard sale treasured piece of pottery which would otherwise sit in an obscure corner of a house.

By looking at these trademarks, one can tell who the potter was, where it was made, the approximate time it was made and about how valuable it is.

Sometimes very valuable pieces of pottery are overlooked in junk stores and yard sales just because a person is unfamiliar with the potters trademarks that the various artist use to identify their work.

Most people have a certain potters work that they like to collect so it would be simple to read up on and memorize the pottery trademarks of that artist.
Now it is a lot more complicated if a person is hunting for any kind of valuable pieces of pottery for resale because of the many pottery trademarks that they would have to be familiar with.
In a case like that it would be better to buy a book on the different trademarks or even print articles like this one to carry with.

Well, good luck on your treasure hunt, I hope this article helps you find what you are looking for.

G.L. Ashworth & Bros Hanley, Staffs Mark used 1862 - 1880	Barker Bros Longton, Staffs 1876-	Barker Bros Longton, Staffs 1876-
B & D Maker unidentified C19th	Barker & Kent Ltd Fenton, Staffs Mark used 1898-1941	Barker & Kent Ltd Fenton, Staffs Mark used 1898-1941
Barker & Kent Ltd Fenton, Staffs Mark used 1898-1941	Beech & Hancock Tunstall, Staffs 1862-1876	Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Burslem, Staffs Mark used 1889 - 1919
Burgess & Leigh Burslem, Staffs Mark used 1862-1889	Burgess & Leigh Burslem, Staffs Mark used 1930-	Brownhills Pottery Co Tunstall, Staffs 1872-1896
A.G.Richardson & Co Ltd Tunstall & Cobridge, Staffs Mark used 1930 - ?	British Anchor Pottery Co Ltd Longton, Staffs Mark used 1891-1913	Brownfields Guild Pottery Society Cobridge, Staffs 1891 - 1900
Bovey Tracey Pottery Co Bovey Tracey, Devon 1894 - 1957	Cartwright & Edwards Ltd Fenton, Staffs 1857 - 1926	Doulton Burslem, Staffs 1882 - ?
Bourne & Leigh Burslem, Staffs 1892-1941	Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) 1965 Ltd Tunstall, Staffs 1965-1980	Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) 1965 Ltd Tunstall, Staffs 1965-1980
Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) 1965 Ltd Tunstall, Staffs 1965-1980	Edge Malkin & Co Burslem, Staffs 1871 - 1903	Frederick Booth Bradford, Yorks 1881
G H / M ? Maker Unidentified Any ideas?	G.L. Ashworth & Bros Hanley, Staffs Mark used 1862 - 1890	G. W. Turner & Sons Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1873 - 1895
Heath & Blackhurst Burslem, Staffs 1859-1877	Holdcroft, Hill & Mellor Burslem, Staffs 1860-1870	H.H. & S. B Burslem, Staffs Maker unidentified
Hollinshead & Kirkham Burslem/Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1870-1890	Hulse, Nixon & Adderley Longton, Staffs Mark used 1853-1868	Hancock Whittingham & Co Burslem, Staffs 1863-1872
James Beech Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1877-1889	John Meir & Son Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1870-1897	John Tams Longton, Staffs Mark used 1875-1903
John Thomas Hudden Longton, Staffs 1859 - 1885	Keeling & Co Burslem, Staffs 1886-1936	Mason's Ironstone China Ltd Hanley, Staffs 1968 - ?
Myott, Son & Co Cobridge, Staffs 1902 - 1946	Marple Turner & Co Hanley, Staffs 1851 - 1853	Old Hall Earthenware Co Ltd Hanley, Staffs 1861 - 1886
Parliament by Premiere Tunstall, Staffs 1980 - 2002	Parliament by Premiere Tunstall, Staffs 1980 - 2002	Podmore Walker & Co Tunstall, Staffs 1834 - 1859
Podmore Walker & Wedgwood Tunstall, Staffs 1854 - 1859	Ralph Hammersley Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1860-1883	Robert Kidston & Co Glasgow, Scotland post 1918
Sefton & Brown Ferrybridge, Yorks 1897 - 1919	Sampson Hancock Burslem, Staffs 1858 - 1891	Gustafsberg Swedish pottery early/mid C20th
Thomas Cone Ltd Longton, Staffs Mark used 1912 - 1935	Thos. Ford & Sons Burslem, Staffs 1893 - 1908	Thomas Hughes & Son Longport, Staffs 1895-1910
Taylor & Kent, Longton Longton, Staffs 1867 - ?	Thos. Rathbone & Co Tunstall, Staffs 1898 - 1903	John Tams & Son Longton, Staffs 1903 - 1912
Wood & Barker Ltd Burslem, Staffs 1897 - 1903	Worthington & Harrop Hanley, Staffs 1856 - 1873	W & S Maker unidentified
William & Thos. Adams Tunstall, Staffs 1866 - 1892	Wm. Adams & Co. Tunstall, Staffs 1893 - 1917	Wm. Adams & Co. Tunstall, Staffs 1893 - 1917
Wedgwood & Co Tunstall, Staffs 1860 - 1925	Wedgwood & Co Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1925 -	Wedgwood & Co (1925 -) Tunstall, Staffs Mark used 1925 - 1965
When looking for a piece of pottery be careful so that you don't get a counterfeit piece.		Learn how to check and find repairs that have been make on a piece of pottery.
Learn how to check a piece of pottery for hairline cracks.	Unicorn Tableware Wedgwood Group Tunstall,Staffs 1980 -	When buying expensive pieces of pottery use a reputable dealer.

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