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Flora & Fauna
Staffordshire Pottery or not?

 

Chinese Flora
Z. B. 		 Flora & Fauna
Staffordshire England 		 Flora & Fauna
NW		 Alpha Omega
Staffordshire England 

The Chinese Flora pattern was produced by the English potter Zachariah Boyle & Sons around 1840-1850.

The printed mark is that of a shield with crown above and anchor behind and initials ZB in a scroll beneath. 

A Chinese manufacturer has copied the style of the Zachariah Boyle mark, using the names 'Flora & Fauna' and 'Alpha Omega' 

Some of the marks say 'Staffordshire England'.

 

it is not English, Staffordshire, Victorian, ironstone, antique, vintage 

The pieces can be attractive decorative ceramics and are often used in their own right as display and decor pieces, but they should be described as modern Chinese manufacture rather than antique Staffordshire ironstone.

 

 

 

Examples of modern Chinese ware

 

Two jugs in the same shape with differing patterns have the Flora & Fauna mark shown Flora & Fauna
Staffordshire England 

 

 

 

These two jugs have the same shape as those shown above with the Flora & Fauna 
backstamp but they have no pattern name and the circular mark shown containing the initials NW YW which is known to be that of a Chinese manufacturer.		 Staffordshire England 
Ironstone
NW YW

 

 

Staffordshire Ironstone
England
NW YW

printed mark with crown

Staffordshire Ironstone
England
NWAO YWAO

printed mark with phoenix

Staffordshire 
Ironstone
DNW
England

printed mark with crowns and
Stafford knots 

Note that the word at the bottom is made to look like 'ENGLAND' 
but actually is just a jumble 
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This ware is not vintage, not antique, not Staffordshire Ironstone and not made in England - they generally date to post 1990.    

There are a large and varied number of Chinese made ceramics with these marks which give the appearance of English Staffordshire ware 

 

 
wash set with a male and female pheasant  Flora & Fauna
NW

 

 

 


moulded basket with the same pheasant design as 
the wash set shown above


Flora & Fauna
Staffordshire England 

printed mark

Shorter England  395 M/S

cast in mark 

The printed “Flora & Fauna” mark is the later Chinese reproduction/export mark, not an original Shorter printed backstamp.

The mould, however, has been taken from an original Shorter & Son shape 

395: This is the design's unique mould or shape number. In the Shorter catalogue, number 395 denotes a small, ornamental handled posy basket, which was a highly popular style during the late Art Deco and post-war eras.

M/S: This stands for Medium Size. Shorter and Son frequently scaled their popular vases and baskets into three distinct sizes: S/S (Small Size), M/S (Medium Size), and L/S (Large Size)

The Chinese maker has apparently copied the original mould so faithfully that the cast-in “SHORTER ENGLAND” mould mark survived.

 

 

 

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