Featured little worcester vase ............................h/c5

something else i picked up today in a house clearance shop

any help on date etc appreciated

 

Looks like 1878 ...
https://antique-marks.com/royal-worcester-marks.html

 

cool, thanks buddy, earlier than i thought, but looks right with the N

 

How sweet!

 

Thats lovely Charlie !

 

I never knew about the letter codes. Thought it was all dots they used.

 

Nice find Charles

 

thanks mate, thought you would like this one. not sure what shape you would call it........cauldron ?

 

Not seen that shape before now. This description agrees with you though.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-...wo-birds-by-john-hopewell-date-mark-for-1874/

Maybe for pot pourri rather than a vase?

 

cool thank bud, will look into that name for worcester as well, might be same chap

 

I found another similar one in his name. They seem to be called cauldrons rather than cauldron shape, so not sure of their purpose

 

Letter codes then dots after 1891 IIRC.

 

Cauldron, and use for whatever one likes, but pot pourri is a good guess. I have a cabinet plate painted by Hopewell. Painters didn't sign their work like later on but his work is one that was sought after back in the ceramic collectible heyday. You could email the Worcester museum and see if they can say yea or nay for Hopewell.

 

yea absolutely Kw its a good lead from mr CS

 

I never knew about lack of signatures on early pieces either.

 

It looks like an open salt to me and those collectors would love it. (I'm resisting any more salts. 40 is enough!)

 

They're a bit big for an open salt.

 

Sugar maybe?

The shape with those handles actually reminds me of Noritake.

 

Not for master salts

 

I just posted on the Salts collectors forum to see what they think