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Message:: [QUOTE="sunday silence, post: 4466808, member: 6808"]1940s I think. I have a very similar pair. They have the thick rim when looking at the base (for want of a better term). They also have similar "soft" features like the hair for instance. I.e. the features arent as sharp. The paint on mine are a little different. The guy I got them from is an auctioneer and when  I asked him the age he told me they were from the 40s and pointed at the base. I dont remember what his exact words were but he seemed to indicate something about the base. Also I think I mine are a little lighter than older ones the same size. Probably the walls are thinner. A small tap hole usually indicates late 19th century. this is what I recall MOS saying. Also another way to identify 19th cent. staff. is the glaze seems to seep  under the rim and onto the underside, so you see a different colors on the  rim of the base.  Im not sure if the position of the tap really matters. Lots of "flat back" staffordshire has tap hole in the back wall. But lots of others have tap hole in the bottom. I usually try not to identify ceramics because I am not that well versed. But just repeating what I think I have come to understand. Maybe mothersoldstuff can comment.[/QUOTE]