Circular Pottery Mark with initials R.H. and an S (R H & S), also ALASKA

by marcel

Circular Pottery Mark with initials R.H. and an S (R H & S), also ALASKA:- Hi all, I recently found a dish with a mark I have never seen before. It's a round laurel and inside the laurel is a ring with a crown on top. In the ring itself is written ALASKA and in the central space are the initials R. H. and ans S a little further.

The image in the plate is a strange melange of styles:

flower stems with leaves and a little flower here and there and inbetween are 3 circles with typical egyptian or renaissance style decoration.
Maybe they are supposed to represent ice cristals??

It's a white plate and the image on the plate is blue.

The plate looks old and the glaze is finely crackled.

If anyone has comments or suggestions I'd be very happy.
Thanks

Marcel

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The forum Help Elf says:-

This plate is trying very hard to look old and authentic, and is trying to somehow suggest this mark is somehow vaguely associated with R H & S Ltd of Staffordshire (R H & S L Plant (Ltd) - a very fine old maker with a long history).

Unfortunately, I don't think either is true.

This is not like any mark from R H Plant I have seen.

I may be wrong, but I think this is a 21st Century plate from China. There is an increasing trend for clever modern Chinese makers to emulate wares that look like Victorian wares.

I am not quite sure who profits from this trade, but maybe it is certain sellers at online auctions and shops. Modern wares would cost pennies to produce, yet have a retail value of a few pounds or so if thought to be Victorian. This looks to me like enough of a profit margin to tempt some.

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