Posted by Connie Rogers To answer your questions: 2)I had to put price estimates in my book, but that was the hardest thing I had to do because the price varies according to whether or not you want it and it appeals to you. I mentioned in my last email that this type of Wedgwood is not found very often, and this piece has more lustre than others I have seen. You have to decide what that is worth to you. It could be a long time before you see another set. 3)& 4) Dating is confusing because patterns can be developed and numbered in the pattern book, but might not be used until later. The dates I gave you are the earliest it could be made. However, patterns and techniques are often revived later by factories. The hand-painted numbers are the pattern numbers. The hand-painted capital letters in front of the pattern numbers in Wedgwood are codes given in the Appendix IV I described before. The pattern number is painted over the glaze, so it is the last step in the process. For Wedgwood, the letters (AL) before the pattern number on the lustre cup and saucer tell you that it is Queen's ware and decorated with underglaze print and onglaze enamel decoration after 1928, so that is the best you can do in dating it. When the country of origin is printed in a mark, it means that the piece was not made before 1891 when they didn't have to put the name of the country on the wares. I don't know what the printed "R" stands for on your jug. The "36" is not embossed (which means raised). It is impressed and indicates the size of the piece. 36 of the objects fit on the board on which the objects were placed and carried throughout the pottery during the manufacturing process. The larger the number, the smaller the piece -- more pieces could fit on the same size board. The number 3 in the impressed "3HS" indicates the piece was made between 1907 and 1924, but I don't know for sure about HS. Impressed marks refer to the piece itself and not the decoration. It could have been formed, fired, and put on the shelf for any length of time before it was decorated and refired. I can't date the pattern on your jug because 68652 would be much later than 18652. If you have a lot of Wedgwood and are interested in learning more about it, you might want to purchase the Reilly book I mentioned before.
on March 23, 2006, 9:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Wedgwood - "Gaudy" or Lustre?"
Hi Leigh Ann,
1)The Amazon price you quoted is about the best you can do for my book. I have to pay that plus shipping, so it would cost more from me.
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