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English (North Staffordshire) Potters use of the Royal Coat of Arms

 

 

 


 


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Examples of the use of the Royal Arms on pottery manufacturers marks.

The Royal Arms may only be used legitimately by businesses which are holders of a Royal Warrant. Nowadays Royal Warrants are granted to people or companies who have regularly supplied goods or services for a minimum of five consecutive years to members of the Royal Family. 

However in the late 19th and early 20th century many potters who did not have a Warrant (both in England and also foreign firms) also used the Arms (or some similar design) as part of their mark - to gain some sense of importance and value. 

In the same way many potters used the name "Royal" as part of their name or trade mark as in 'Royal Patent', 'Royal Ironstone China' 

 

 


Use of the pre-1837 British Royal Coat of Arms with the additional centre shield in the main shield: 

From 1801 the arms of England occupied the first and fourth quarters, the arms of Scotland the second, and the arms of Ireland the third. For the house of Hanover, there was an escutcheon overall (centre shield).

In 1837, the Hanoverian escutcheon and crown were removed because Queen Victoria, as a woman, was unable to succeed to the throne of Hanover under Hanoverian law.

 

 

 

 

 


Staffordshire
Ironstone China
BB

Beardmore & Birks


Warranted
CR&S

Chetham, Robinson & Son


Deakin & Bailey
Waterloo
Warranted

Deakin & Bailey

 

 


impressed mark 'Elkin, Knight & Co' with crown above

Elkin, Knight & Co



Irish Scenery

Elkin, Knight & Bridgwood



Irish Scenery
Elkins & Co

Elkins & Co

 

 

 



Folch's
Genuine Stone China 

Stephen Folch

 



Ironstone
C & W.K. Harvey

C & W K Harvey




Stone China

 Hicks & Meigh

Hicks & Meigh marks often didn't have the manufacturers name.

 

 

 


 


Machin and Potts's Patent
Printed 
Staffordshire Potteries

 

the mark incorporates the Royal Arms and the Stafford Knot

 

Machin & Potts


 


Machin and Potts's Patent

 

in the centre of the mark is the one of the mottos of the Royal Arms and the symbols of the four nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

 

Machin & Potts

 


 


Imperial Stone China
JR

 

John Ridgway

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Examples of the use of the post 1837 British Royal Coat of Arms:

 

 



Ironstone China
Adams
Tunstall
England 

William Adams & Sons



Real Ironstone China
Wm Adams & Sons
England 

William Adams & Sons


 



Royal
Warranted Best Ironstone China
H. Alcock & Co
England

Henry Alcock & Co



Warranted
Staffordshire
H A & Co
L
England 

Henry Alcock & Co

 



Patent
Saml Alcock & Co 

this mark appears with and without the manufacturers name

Samuel Alcock



Impressed Royal Arms

Samuel Alcock & Co 

Samuel Alcock



Real Ironstone China
G L Ashworth & Bros
Hanley

G L Ashworth & Bros

 



E.B & J.E.L.
England

Bourne & Leigh



Bridgwood & Clarke
Burslem
Porcelain Opaque

Bridgwood & Clarke



Brown-Westhead Moore & Co
Cauldon England
Potters to Her Majesty 

Brown-Westhead Moore & Co

 



Stone China
H. Burgess  Burslem

Henry Burgess 



Royal Patent
Ironstone
Burgess & Goddard

 Burgess & Goddard


 



Stone China
E & C Challinor
England 

 E & C Challinor



E & C Challinor
Fenton 

this mark is found on Willow ware which is probably modern production

The mark is poorly draw for example the lion is comically drawn, the unicorn front legs are poorly drawn and the word 'DROIT' has been strangely spaced to make the letters show between the legs



Royal Ironstone China
C. Challinor & Co
England

 C Challinor & Co

 

 



Iron Stone

 Davenport



Stone China
Davenport
Longport
Staffordshire


Improved
Iron-Stone China

these belt and arms marks both appear on
the same platter 

 Davenport

 



Edward Clarke
Tunstall
Porcelain Opaque

 Edward Clarke



Royal Ironstone China
Clementson Bros
England

 Clementson Bros



Stone China
J. T. Close & Co
Stoke upon Trent

 J T Close & Co

 



Imperial 
Ironstone China
Cockson, Chetwynd & Co

 Cockson, Chetwynd & Co



Imperial 
Ironstone China
Cockson & Seddon

Cockson & Seddon





Cork & Edge

 Cork & Edge

 



Royal Ironstone China
W & E Corn
England

 W E Corn



Royal Ironstone 
China
J H & J Davis
Hanley

 J H & J Davis



Royal Stone China
John H Davis
Hanley

 John H Davis

 



Ironstone China
James Edwards

 James Edwards



Stone China
James Edwards & Sons
Dalehall

 James Edwards & Son



Stone China
James Edwards & Sons
Dalehall

 James Edwards & Son

 



Warranted Ironstone China
Elsmore & Forster

 Elsmore & Forster



Thomas Furnival & Sons
England

 Thomas Furnival & Sons



Royal Ironstone China
W.H. Grindley & Co
England

W.H. Grindley & Co

 

 

 



Queens Royal Ironstone

Joseph Goodwin




Ironstone
H&G late Harvey

Holand & Green

Holland & Green operated 1854-81 and therefore should have used the arms without the central small shield - however they continued the mark of
C & W K Harvey

 



Ironstone
Holland & Green

Holand & Green

 



Thomas Hughes
Burslem

Thomas Hughes



Ironstone China
Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes


 


Stone China
Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes

 



Royal Ironstone China
Johnson Bros
England

Johnson Bros



Stone China
George Jones
Stoke-upon-Trent

George Jones (& Sons)



Royal Patent Ironstone
George Jones & Sons
England

George Jones (& Sons)

 



Royal Semi China
James Kent
England

James Kent



Royal Ironstone
China
Livesley & Davis
Hanley

Livesley & Davis



Berlin Ironstone
Liddle Elliot & Son

Liddle Elliot & Son

 



T J & J Mayer
Dale Hall Pottery
Longport

 T J & J Mayer



Ironstone China
J & G Meakin

J & G Meakin



Ironstone China
J & G Meakin

J & G Meakin

 



Ironstone China
Meakin & Co

Meakin & Co



Ironstone China
Meakin Bros & Co

Meakin Bros & Co



Royal Ironstone China
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

Mellor, Taylor & Co

 


 


Ironstone China

printed mark - usually accompanied by an impressed mark bearing the name 
F. Morley & Co

F Morley & Co



Royal Stone China
F. Morley & Co
Shelton

 

F Morley & Co


 

 



Stone China
J W Pankhurst & Co
Hanley

J W Pankhurst & Co



Stone China
J W Pankhurst & Co
Hanley
England

J W Pankhurst & Co


 



Pinder Bourne & Co
Burslem
Staffordshire 

Pinder Bourne & Co



Stone China
Pinder Bourne & Co
Burslem

Pinder Bourne & Co



Ironstone China
Powell & Bishop
Hanley
Staffordshire

Powell & Bishop

 



Stone China
Taylor Bros
Hanley

Taylor Brothers



Stone China
W. Taylor
Hanley

W Taylor


 

 



Turners
Tunstall
England

G W Turner & Son


Turner Goddard & Co
Royal Patent Ironstone
Turner Goddard & Co

  Turner Goddard & Co


 

 


Ridgway & Morley


Godden - Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks 
attributes this style of the Royal Arms, with a lion on top of the crown,
to Ridgway & Morley



Stone China
Anthony Shaw
Burslem

Anthony Shaw

 



Edward Walley
Cobridge
Staffordshire

Edward Walley



Royal Stone China
Wedgwood & Co
England

Wedgwood & Co



Royal Patent Ironstone
Arthur J. Wilkinson
Burslem England

Arthur J. Wilkinson

 



Royal Patent Ironstone
Wood & Son
England

Wood & Son



 




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