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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 172453, member: 308"]The S mark will not help. Similar marks turn up on other pieces by various makers. I think the current theory was that they were used to help track who made which piece. Decorators were paid by the piece so it was important to know who made or decorated each piece.</p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 172453, member: 308"]The S mark will not help. Similar marks turn up on other pieces by various makers. I think the current theory was that they were used to help track who made which piece. Decorators were paid by the piece so it was important to know who made or decorated each piece. Don[/QUOTE]
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