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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 4308338, member: 7360&quot;]Intriguing sauce boat, the shape looks early but the pattern and monogram look late Victorian.&nbsp; If this is any help, &quot;The Arlecchino Antiqueshop&quot; at <a href="https://dawn-ellmore.medium.com/the-history-of-the-uk-trade-mark-5f95d25ba155" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://dawn-ellmore.medium.com/the-history-of-the-uk-trade-mark-5f95d25ba155" rel="nofollow">https://dawn-ellmore.medium.com/the-history-of-the-uk-trade-mark-5f95d25ba155</a> has the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Incorporation of the words &#039;Trade Mark&#039; in a mark denotes a date subsequent to the Act of 1862.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This must refer to The Merchandise Marks Act 1862, which was the first UK law which made it an offence to copy another firm&#039;s identifying mark in order to mislead the public.&nbsp; A period 1862 - 1891 (after which the mark would have incorporated the country of origin) seems right for the pattern, and the UK is most likely for the firm, but the shape doesn&#039;t seem right for the UK market at that time.&nbsp; My best guess is a small but ambitious firm, maybe hoping to produce goods for export to Middle East, if that shape would appeal there.&nbsp; On the other hand, the lion and sun could be symbolic of the British Empire, with the idea being that the lion represents Britain and that the sun always shone on part of the British empire somewhere around the globe, a popular idea in Victorian times.&nbsp; Again, maybe produced for export.&nbsp; The tureen is a very standard shape for the period.&nbsp; I look forward to this mystery firm being identified.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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