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Posted 1 Month, 1 Week ago #1
My wife inherited an old piece of pottery from a friend. I found a makers mark but cannot find who it is made by. Does anyone know? Also can some tell me what this type of pottery was used for?
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Posted 1 Month, 1 Week ago #2
Mark is that of the Empire Porcelain Co. (Empire Works) from the town of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The company was founded 1896 and the mark shown on your item was used between 1896 and 1912. The material would be vitreous china.
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Posted 1 Month, 1 Week ago #3
What kind of usage was this for? Wash basin or something similar?
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Posted 1 Month, 1 Week ago #4
They produced normal kitchen- and tableware so basins and pitchers would have been included, yes. If you only have a certain piece (shard) of an item it's hard to say, for example one could never find out if a base belonged to a coffee or a large chocolate pot as only the position of the spout was different.
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