Wedgwood Ceramics Marks

Unlike most old english potters josiah wedgwood marked the majority of his products and wedgwood identification and dating marks are something for which the collector should always look.

Wedgwood ceramics marks.

These wares would have one of the three circular marks shown here. These trademarks which always contain the work wedgwood have differed for various reasons throughout the company s history. Royal semi porcelain wedgwood co england. Printed mark c1908 often with the name of the pattern or style included.

Fortunately for the collector josiah wedgwood was the first potter of note to mark his goods with his own name. Dating old pottery is difficult especially one that has been in operation for over 200 years such as wedgwood. 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. Ornamental wares with this mark are always after 1780.

The comma or moustache mark looks like two dashes arranged like a moustache or single open and close quotes see below for examples. Imperial porcelain wedgwood co ld england. Ld was added to the marks from 1900. Buy direct from wedgwood.

Printed mark c1906 with or without imperial porcelain england wedgwood co ld. The marks were either impressed or raised from the body with the impressed versions being the rarest form of these marks. Shop classic english fine china dinnerware and gifts designed with english elegance since 1759. 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.