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<p>[QUOTE="Tahmoor girl, post: 4303135, member: 20883"]Somebody put on that site: 'In the early 19th century, however, the company went into a prolonged decline and from 1821 was sold repeatedly, becoming in turn Wainwright & Co., Stephen & James Chappell, Warburton & Britton, and finally Richard Britton & Sons, until it finally closed in 1881. Its buildings were then demolished.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>However, in 1888 </b>production was restarted by James Wraith Senior, who used the old designs and marked his products Leeds Pottery. This business wound down in 1957. Leeds City Council restarted the brand in <b>1983,</b> making reproduction pieces, but soon had to sell the business. Production was moved to Stoke-on-Trent, and in 1992 after acquisition by John Croft it was renamed Hartley Greens & Co. In 2011 it was acquired by Denby Pottery, and production moved to Middleport pottery, north of Stoke-on-Trent.'</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the site shows the newer version of their stamp which looks nothing like yours, so I'd say your one is likely a warn out old stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">* PLEASE NOTE- THE ABOVE IS AN OPINION *</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tahmoor girl, post: 4303135, member: 20883"]Somebody put on that site: 'In the early 19th century, however, the company went into a prolonged decline and from 1821 was sold repeatedly, becoming in turn Wainwright & Co., Stephen & James Chappell, Warburton & Britton, and finally Richard Britton & Sons, until it finally closed in 1881. Its buildings were then demolished. [B] However, in 1888 [/B]production was restarted by James Wraith Senior, who used the old designs and marked his products Leeds Pottery. This business wound down in 1957. Leeds City Council restarted the brand in [B]1983,[/B] making reproduction pieces, but soon had to sell the business. Production was moved to Stoke-on-Trent, and in 1992 after acquisition by John Croft it was renamed Hartley Greens & Co. In 2011 it was acquired by Denby Pottery, and production moved to Middleport pottery, north of Stoke-on-Trent.' Then the site shows the newer version of their stamp which looks nothing like yours, so I'd say your one is likely a warn out old stamp. [COLOR=#ff0000]* PLEASE NOTE- THE ABOVE IS AN OPINION *[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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