Historic Backstamps

Here you can find information regarding historic backstamps and markings between 1761 and 2013. Should you not find the answer you are looking for, please contact our client care team who will do their very best to assist you.

NOTTINGHAM ROAD FACTORY

TradeMarks 1761 – 1848

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c. 1761 – 1769 Rebus for Richard Holdship found on transfer-printed wares.

c. 1778 – 1780/1 Incised Mark

c. 1770 – 1783 Chelsea – Derby in use at Chelsea

c. 1775 Chelsea Derby in use at Derby; usually in blue, occasionally in puce.

c. 1775 – 1777 Chelsea Derby in use at Chelsea

c. 1784 – 1825 After 1820 the previously precise back stamp became increasingly carelessly drawn. Blue and Puce were used until 1806, after which red became the standard colour.

c. 1785 – 1795 Rare Marks

c. 1825 – 1848 Robert Bloor printed gothic style marks were introduced to counteract the previous carelessly drawn marks.

c. 1830 Bloor Figures Marks used on Bloor figures. The mark on the right is the Pseudo-Meissen Mark occasionally seen on late Bloor.

c. 1830 – 1848 Pseudo Sevres Mark used on Sevres copies.

KING STREET FACTORY

Artist Marks 1848 – 1935

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c. 1848 – 1859 Locker & Co

c. 1859 – 1861 Stephenson Sharp & Co

Blue: later nineteenth century Red: c. 1861 – 1935 Puce: c.1915 -1935 Stevenson & Hancock Sampson Hancock

c. 1915 – 1917 William Larcombe

c. 1917 – 1933 Larcombe & Paget

c. 1933 – 1935 Paget

OSMASTON ROAD FACTORY

Trademarks 1877 – 2000

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c. 1877 – 1890 Derby Crown Period

c. 1891 – 1921 Royal Crown Derby The word England in a vertical position to the right hand side. c. 1921 – 1964 Made in England horizontally beneath the stamp.