Featured Dessert plate, unknown mark.

I grabbed thus today. When I bought it I thought the mark was a registration mark but alas no. Its some kind of cross symbol. Does anyone know what it might be? Thanks.

 

Ooooh. Royal worcester maybe?

 

Quite pretty.

Debora

 

It is. It was in the shop for about a month and every week I kept trying to think of an excuse to buy it, other than I like it. It wore me down.

 

I agree with @Debora very pretty.

 

It was made by the Worcester Porcelain Works when Kerr and Binns were the proprietors, 1852-1862.

From the book 'A Century of Pottery' by RW Binns, 1865, page 217:

 

Thank you. I'm just reading about the Kerr and Binns period now and its very interesting. I'm trying to attribute it to Thomas Bott via a couple of marks on it but I think I might not manage it. The standard of some of his decor is incredible.

 

I haven't seen the impressed mark before! The golden age of Royal Worcester seems to be just after the Kerr and Binns period. Henry Sandon's book about Worcester starts at 1863. That is a cool plate.

 

Thanks. I've not come across impressed RW marks either. I'm glad I bought it now. I'm guessing it's from a set with different botanical examples on each, although finding another with matching border seems quite elusive. It sounds like Kerr and Binns put the golden age in motion.

 

Like all the china factories, Worcester had it's financial problems and so there are different periods as ownership changed hands. Grainger is another Worcestershire factory that made some pretty good stuff. It was eventually bought by Worcester at the end of the 19th c, IIRC. Also, there was the Hadley factory known for its beautiful rose paintings, known has Hadley rose. Worcester took that company over, too.