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Message:: [QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 10284697, member: 91417"]Thank you so much for your help!  I have been searching the web for more info now that I have the pottery name.  I have not been able to find firm dates for the backstamps.  There seem to be several attributed to Houghton without any mark (dated by sellers 1901, 1899, 1920s), one with just a sans-serif "Houghton"(called 1920s) & another stamp with date 1928.  Worthington says "This vase is marked E. Houghton & Co...which means it was made by Edwin Houghton around 1865 to 1890 when Edwin ran the company.” But it does not show a picture of the mark so I cannot compare placement & font to mine. I tried worldcat.org & amazon for the books about Houghton Pottery. OOP. World Cat cannot give libraries. Two books by James Houdeshell were self-published 1983 & 2016.  Another, 1930, put out by E. Houghton & Co. None are in the Library of Congress. (I thought they had every book published in the US--but I see that belief was NOT true.)  If anyone has any of these books, please let me know if they give a date for the Houghton mark that matches my (smeared) backstamp. I am also curious to know if the thick texture on the Etys vase cited by roaring20s & another now on ebay makes them rare, or whether smooth-surfaced Houghton spongeware is also prized. I am learning, but I did not have a place to start before roaring20s and Figtree3 shared their expertise & research.  Thank you again.[/QUOTE]