Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

by Brian
(Palm Springs, CA)

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query


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Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

by Brian
(Palm Springs, CA)

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query:- I have purchased a cookie jar which all of my collector books indicate "maker unknown". The jar has a base mark that contains the Staffordshire knot and I have searched and searched sites, including yours, trying to identify the mark but to no avail.

I am attaching a jpeg of the mark and a jpeg in a different email of the jar itself. She is simply called "Lady in Pink Dress."

I hope you can help me out and thank you in advance for your time and trouble.

Brian

Reply from Peter (admin) below - just scroll down


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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query

Dear Brian

Sorry to take a while to answer - it's been rather rushed at my end.

Thanks for your interesting query, I really appreciate the time and trouble you took to contact the site and share this fascinating image.

Interesting and distinctly different mark - and VERY obscure, as your books attest to.

It's not showing in any of my books either. However there are, of course, many Lion and Unicorns (British Royal Arms), many lions and lions, even a lion and a deer. There are also double griffins, and single Griffins etc etc.

The makers who use the Stafford knot are in their dozens - very common.

But there is not one example of a lion with a griffin anywhere. In fact when I checked various heraldry books I could not find any references at all of the lion with the griffin as a standard Heraldry device.

You could try some research in this direction - the Griffin is associated with Yorkshire more than Stoke (Rockingham, for example, and others if my memory serves).

My guess is the mark belongs to a small, short-lived company possibly Anglo-American. A small Staffordshire firm exporting specific wares to America via a retail customer or distributor perhaps. The griffin might have been added as a doff to the stateside client.

(**UPDATE** - to see if this wild guess was right or wrong KEEP READING! More answers below)

If you'd like an expert opinion, you can use my 'Bring In The Specialists' page to contact a professional appraiser. You don't have to pay any money upfront to use this unique service, and I've designed it especially to protect my visitors from wasting time and money online.

Sorry I can't help more. Keep me posted if you find any more information on your mystery mark.

Best regards,

Peter (admin)
www.figurinecollect.com (These pages show our new English made bone china figurine collection)
www.figurines-sculpture.com (This is my bigger site covering all aspects of fine china making)

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Lady in Pink Dress Cookie Jar - Mystery Solved

by Brian Parkinson
(Palm Springs, CA)

Lion & Griffin (Gryphon) Cookie/Cracker Jar Mark Query - Lady In Pink Dress Cookie Jar:- I recently sent you an email in regards to this "cookie jar" and funny enough one showed up on eBay today. In addition to its ink stamp, it also has a gold foil label that reads...

"A.A. Importing Co. St. Louis, Mo. Made in Japan"

The company is still in business and after doing a bit of google-fu I was able to speak to the owner who advised they do not have records from when they were importing from Japan, but that more than likely the jar is a powder jar and not a cookie or cracker jar.

They specialize in reproduction ceramics and porcelain and the jar was probably made by the Nippon Company sometime in the 1960's or early 1970's.

Mystery solved. Now to find out what company made the original, if that is even possible.

Thanks so much and as I enjoy jars made in the UK, I'm quite confident I shall be back with more questions in the future.

Best wishes and thanks for maintaining such an informative site.



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