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Royal Worcester Marks and Date Codes

1867 - 67 or A

1868 - 68 or B

1869 - 69 or C

1870 - 70 or D

1871 - 71 or E

1872 - 72 or G

1873 - 73 or H

1874 - 74 or I

1875 - 75 or K

1876 - 76 or L

1877 - 77 or M

1878 - N

1879 - P

1880 - R

1881 - S

1882 - T

1883 - U

1884 - V

1885 - W

1886 - X

1887 - Y

1888 - Z

1889 - O

1890 - a

1892 - 1 dot on left of crown.

1893 - 1 dot each side of crown

1894 - 2 dots left 1 right

1895 - 2 dots left 2 right

1896 - 3 dots left 2 right

1897 - 3 dots left 3 right

1898 - 4 dots left 3 right

1899 - 4 dots left 4 right

1900 - 5 dots left 4 right

1901 - 5 dots left 5 right

1902 - 6 dots left 5 right

1903 - 6 dots left 6 right

1904 - plus 1 dot under circle

1905 - plus 2 dots under circle

1906 - plus 3 dots under circle

1907 - plus 4 dots under circle

1908 - plus 5 dots under circle

1909 - plus 6 dots under circle

1910 - plus 7 dots under circle

1911 - plus 8 dots under circle

1912 - plus 9 dots under circle

1913 - plus 10 dots under circle

1914 - plus 11 dots under circle

1915 - plus 12 dots under circle

This system continued until 1915 when 24 dots are arranged around the standard

printed mark.

The dots system was getting a little clumbersome so they were replaced by a single

asterisk in 1916 which was then followed by a new dot sequence. All under the

circle.

From 1916 a small star or asterisk appears below the mark.

1916 * below the mark. 1917 * and one dot. 1918 * and two dots

However on some pieces the old dot sequence continued for a few years, it being

easier and cheaper to put an extra dot on existing copper plates than make new

ones. This continued until the dots became un-manageable and then worcester marks changed to

different shapes, all printed beneath the circle.

1916 - * under circle

1917 - * plus 1 dot

1918 - * plus 2 dots

1919 - * plus 3 dots

1920 - * plus 4 dots

1921 - * plus 5 dots

1922 - * plus 6 dots

1923 - * plus 7 dots

1924 - * plus 8 dots

1925 - * plus 9 dots

1926 - * plus 10 dots

1927 - * plus 11 dots

1931 - 2 linked circles

1932 - 3 linked circles

1933 - 3 circles 1 dot

1934 - 3 circles 2 dots

1935 - 3 circles 3 dots

1936 - 3 circles 4 dots

1937 - 3 circles 5 dots

1938 - 3 circles 6 dots

1939 - 3 circles 7 dots

1940 - 3 circles 8 dots

1941 - 3 circles 9 dots 1942 - 3 circles 10 dots

1943 - 3 circles 11 dots

1928 - open square

1929 - open diamond

1930 - division sign

1944 - 3 circles 12 dots

1945 - 3 circles 13 dots

1946 - 3 circles 14 dots

1947 - 3 circles 15 dots

1948 - 3 circles 16 dots

This continued until 1941 when there were 9 dots and the triple circle mark.

From c1942 the vast majority of factory stamps were printed in black with the following codes

below the mark.

1942-48 no dating system was used. 1949 V. 1950 W. 1951 W. 1952 W. 1953 W.

In 1949 the various asterisk, square, diamond and circle shapes changed to letters and then quickly

back to letters and dot sequences. These continued until 1963 but their use was rather inconsistent

and a great many pieces produced at this time un-dated.

1949 - V

1950 - W

1951 - W plus 1 dot

1952 - W plus 2 dots

1953 - W plus 3 dots

1954 - W plus 4 dots

1955 - W plus 5 dots

1956 - W plus 6 dots

1957 - W plus 7 dots

1958 - W plus 8 dots

1959 - W plus 9 dots

1960 - W plus 10 dots

1961 - W plus 11 dots

1962 - W plus 12 dots

1963 - W plus 13 dots

After 1963 no dating system is used but patterns are all named and bear the date that

they were first introduced.

This continued until 1963 when 13 dots are arranged around the W.

After 1956 the letter W was nearly always substituted with a letter R

in a circle, i.e. 1959 = R or W under the circle with 9 dots.

From 1966 no date coding system was used, but on tableware the

year the pattern was introduced is stated next to

the pattern name.

In 1974 the current format of factory stamp was adopted. The date

included is the year of introduction of the design, not the date of

manufacture.

In April 1988 a system of year of manufacture identification that

fitted with that used by Spode was introduced and an M within a

diamond was incorporated below the factory mark.

In January 1989 new factory stamps were phased in with N in place of the M and soon afterward

black numbers were introduced. These numbers were replaced with grey ones in August 1989 to

reduce their visual impact.

January 1990 a new system introduced a printed grey lithographer identification number plus a

suffix to signify the year.

Printed In Grey

1990 - 39-0

1991 - 39-1

1992 - 39-2

1993 - 39-3

1994 - 39-4

In 1990 all factory stamps reverted to

the R form under the mark.

The R signifying registered.

1995 - 39-5

1996 - 39-6

Printed In White

2000 - 39-00

2001 - 39-01

2002 - 39-02

2003 - 39-03

Royal Worcester Tableware Marks

At some point during the 1960s it became standard practice for the Royal Worcester factory to name

all their tableware and dinner services. The Evesham and Royal Garden patterns being just two

examples.

Prior to this date named sets were uncommon, although there were some the majority of early

named patterns were given the name in more recent times. Rather than use names the Worcester

factory relied on pattern numbers which were hand written in script, rather than stamped.

In the 1860s when Royal Worcester was formed from the earlier Kerr and Binns, tableware was

given a simple four figure pattern number which carried on from those used by both Kerr and Binns

and the Chamberlain factory.

Numbers begin with 7247 in mid-1862 and continued to 9685 in August 1876.

From 1876 they changed to numbers prefixed with a ‘B’ and these ran until B 1081 which was

produced in May 1883.

From 1883 all new tableware patterns were prefixed with a ‘W’ which started with ‘W1’ and

contimued until at least ‘W9978’ which was probably produced around mid-1913.

Prefixes then changed to a ‘C’ and the numbers started again and continued up to ‘C3390’ which

was first produced in 1928.

From 1928 all tableware patterns were prefixed with a ‘Z’ which continued until after 1962.

Records were only published for the more expensive hand painted patterns which appeared

randomly throughout the numbering sequence.

The records detail tableware type, the decoration, and the painter, but the simpler apprentice sets

and transfer printed sets appear to have no clear record of what each set looks like.

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