Vale Bone China Tea Set - Pre 1913? - Royal Vale Page Query

by Janet
(UK)

Vale Bone China Tea Set - Pre 1913? - Royal Vale Page Query:- I am interested in your Royal Vale section. Thanks for your very informative site :) Do you know if the firm was called Vale on its own for a while before it became Royal Vale? I have a tea set which is marked Genuine Bone Chine Vale Made in Longton England. It is identical to other sets I have seen on ebay marked as Royal Vale. Would this indicate a date before 1913?

Thanks

Janet

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Peter's Answer

Janet

Thanks for your kind words!

Actually, the answer is already on the site in the visitors comments section (Royal Vale Backstamps by Dawn), but I didn't flag it up enough to be properly visible to visitors. I have now corrected this see top of Royal Vale main page (and also added a new link to an online auction price guide for Royal Vale).

On the 'comments' page Dawn shared this info:

"In the period when Coloclough's was officially known as HJ Colclough (1897-1937) the 'Vale' marks were first used when the firm expanded to the new 'Vale' works in Longton Circa 1908. The backstamp you would see in the pre-1913 period was the 'Vale China' mark.

Around and inside a black oval line, in all black lettering:

GENUINE
BONE CHINA
Vale
MADE IN LONGTON
ENGLAND

Now, I'm not sure what you are wanting to do with your Royal Vale bone china wares:

either:

1. Sell them

2. Value them

3. Buy more

4. Just find out more about them

But, in all or any of the above cases, you can help yourself by doing the following two tasks:

1. Go to this page -

www.replacements.com/china/RVA.htm

study each pattern until you identify your pattern number (there are generally no pattern names listed). You can then see if there is any stock, what they sell for etc etc.

2. Go to my page called "China Replacements" here:

http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/china-replacement.html

Follow the instructions carefully on how to do a 'deep level' search on eBay. Try different combinations of search terms and save them with the eBay 'save' facility (instructions shown on the China Replacement page - if in doubt, submit another form here and I'll explain further).

All this research takes a bit of time and effort, but it saves the $9.95 USD fee you would have to pay with, for example, WhatsItWorth??

http://www.wiw2u.com/index.cfm?fuseactio
n=users.Registration&act=form&eval_code=
976944

- copy & Paste ALL the URL into your browser address window.

The other good site for general identification of pottery marks is http://www.marks4antiques.com who charge a monthly fee for ongoing information rather than one off fees like WhatsItWorth. So keen china antiquers and dealers often subscribe to their membership. It depends what you are after.

Sometimes doing the research is half the fun. It depends on how much time you have.

Hope this helps.

Best regards

Peter