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Can anyone identify this mark?

daesaflgatorfan

16 years ago

I have a teapot that belonged to my grandmother. (I think she bought it at a second hand store, as I don't recall her drinking any tea other than iced tea.) When she died in '72, my mom claimed it. It's old, no doubt about it, and quite heavy. I cannot make out the manufacturer's mark, as the glaze is so heavily crazed. (It was crazed badly in the 70s, btw.) It has been used, as it's stained inside.

I've done a pencil rubbing, and all I can tell is the mark consists of a shield, with a banner in the middle. Underneath, where it says "Made in..." it would appear to say "Made in England". I base this conclusion on the fact of the spacing for this part. If it were to say "Made in China", the spacing would be even, more or less. The spacing is off, considerly, leading me to speculate it was made in England.

Also, I have 3 cherubs that were my grandmother's as well. She purchased them at Woolworth's, for the princely sum of 37 cents each. No nicks, chips, or gold is worn off. One of them still has a price tag on the bottom. They're stamped made in Japan, so I know they were made in the 60s? Am I off base here?

Links for pics.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs028.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs027.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs047.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs054.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs061.jpg

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Comments (7)

lindac
16 years ago
If you post the line under your picture at Photobucke that contains the word "img =" your picture will appear.
Yout teapot looks English...but it would be a lot better to have a picture of the mark itself.
Linda C
daesaflgatorfan
Original Author
16 years ago
The mark is barely discernible. The little I found out is from doing pencil rubbings, and no letters show up at all. I've examined it in the sunlight, with my jeweler's loupe, to no avail. Only the barest outline of the mark, with no lettering to be seen.

I don't know what you mean by "img=". There is no line containing that under any of my pics on Photobucket.
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alisande
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Under each Photobucket photo you'll see four lines of code. Click on the words HTML Code, and a little yellow "copied" box should appear briefly. Then come back here and paste it (Ctrl+V) into the body of your post. You can keep doing that, one picture under another.
lindac
16 years ago
Is the mark impressed? Could it be the British registry mark?
Linda C

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daesaflgatorfan
Original Author
16 years ago
Okay, let me try this again.

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/?action=view&current=Teapotclockandcherubs054.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/gatorlover/Teapotclockandcherubs054.jpg
lindac
16 years ago
I'm sure by now you know it didn't work...copy and paste the 3rd of the tag lines down..
{{gwi:1376257}}
And you should see a picture when you do a preview before submit.
Still wanting to know more about the mark....hard to ID it without seeing it.
Cute kitty by the way....
Linda C
daesaflgatorfan
Original Author
16 years ago
A friend told me how to turn on the HTML feature of Photobucket, so I see the line you're speaking of. The kitty is Jr, a rescue we had to hand feed from 2 wks of age.

I'll try taking another pic of the maker's mark, but it is thoroughly illegible. All you see is a dark blob.

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