Antique Bone China Answers To Royal Worcester Backstamp Question

by Peter (Admin)
(UK)

A Selection Of Royal Worcester Marks

Antique bone china answer:

Stewart, your Royal Worcester answer is as follows:

From the info you supplied, my guess is your Royal Worcester coffee service dates from the 1956 to 1972 production era, as in these years there were marks with 'R' which may not have had dots added for the years. 1956 -1958 were mainly associated with 'R' mark with dots.

Here's some info which will help everyone with their Royal Worcester backstamp dating;

Puce marks date from 1900 to 1941

1941 to present black backstamps

Note:
Green marks used for:
Boar War Soldiers
First World War Soldiers

Blue marks used for:
limited series only

Red marks:
Very few.

Royal Worcester - Basic Marking System

Four linked W's crest surmounted by a crown:

Begun 1862

1891 - the words 'ROYAL WORCESTER ENGLAND' appear ringed around the crest.

Every following year until 1903 a dot is added near the crown

To the left side - even years

To the right in - years.

1904 dots are also put under the crest:

as follows:

One for each year until 1915

1916 A star is used to replace all the dots accumulated to that date.

Then a single dot added for each year through to 1927.

Puce Marks

1928 Small square
1929 Diamond
1930 Three horizontal lines
1931 OO (two circles)
1932 OOO (three circles)
1933 to 1938 Three circles and one dot
1939 Then a dot for each year

Black Marks 1938 To Date

B-1 Black One

1938 Three circles and 6 dots
1939 Three circles and 7 dots
1940 Three circles and 8 dots
Blue wavy line sometimes added for 1938, 1939 and 1940

B-2 Black Two

1941 Three circles and 9 dots
1942 Three circles and 10 dots
1943 The black mark with no date code
1944 Bone china in large letters
1945 to 1947 The black mark with no date code
1948 Bone china in small letters

B-3 Black Three

1949 Black mark with V

B-4 Black Four

1950 Black mark with W
1951 to 1954 Black mark with W and one
1955 dot added for each year

B-5 Black Five

1956 R and 6 dots
1957 R and 7 dots
1958 R and 8 dots

1956 to 1972 Black mark which may or may not have dots added for years

1988 Black mark with M inside a diamond (M replaces R)

1989 Black mark with N inside a diamond (N replaces M)

1900 to date:

Black mark with R inside a circle (Reverting back to the R inside a circle but with lithographer's numbers added to indicate the year)

regards

Peter