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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 3512758, member: 308&quot;]I can give a little company history.&nbsp; The following information comes from the book Monmouth-Western Stoneware by Jim Martin and Bette Cooper:&nbsp; <b>Monmouth Pottery Company was organized in February 1893.&nbsp; The maple leaf mark was first used in April, 1901.&nbsp; In 1906, Monmouth started the process to merge with six other local pottery companies to form Western Stoneware.&nbsp; In 1906 ware carrying the Monmouth Pottery logo ceased to exist.&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>So if the name inside the maple leaf is Monmouth Pottery Co it is 1906 or earlier.&nbsp; If the name inside the maple leaf is Western Stoneware Co. then it&#039;s after 1906.&nbsp; Items with the maple leaf marked Western Stoneware Co. Plant 1 were produced at what used to be the Monmouth plant.&nbsp; These are printed marks.&nbsp; I paged through the book but couldn&#039;t find out exactly what years the Western Stoneware maple leaf was used or even when they switched from a printed mark to an impressed mark.&nbsp; The book primarily concentrates on old stoneware and I couldn&#039;t find that bean pot shape in the few old catalog photos that survived.&nbsp; I believe older bean pots used metal bails rather than handles but I could be wrong.&nbsp; Western continued to produce until 1985 when the name changed again.&nbsp; As far as I know Monmouth did not use impressed marks only printed marks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bean pots with the maple leaf mark impressed on the base pop up here on a pretty regular basis and don&#039;t sell for very much.&nbsp; The exact age is largely irrelevant.&nbsp; I think the impression on the poster&#039;s bean jar is faint because of overuse of the mold.&nbsp; There would be little to be gained by reproducing these.&nbsp; Early stoneware (large crocks, churns, jars, etc.) with a printed mark usually do much better at auction although a lot can depend on the mark itself and condition.&nbsp; For example pieces with a printed maple leaf mark that reads Western Stoneware Co. Plant 7 carry a premium as Plant 7 burned only eight months after the merger.&nbsp; Sorry!&nbsp; At this point I am letting myself get sucked down a stoneware rabbit hole so will wander off now.&nbsp; Anyway, I hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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