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Pottery => British & Irish => Topic started by: micheybell on September 05, 2008, 03:39:57 AM

Title: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: micheybell on September 05, 2008, 03:39:57 AM

I am cleaning out my cupboards and found a few things that I really should let go of as I never use them.  This teapot is one of those.  I would like to know it's age...rough idea of worth to know if I should try to sell it at a dealer or just give away.  It is very well used and has a chip on the spout, so I can't imagine its worth all that much.  Picture attached.

Thank you!

Title: Re: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 05, 2008, 09:39:44 AM

Hi Welcome to the board. For us to even guess at the age we need to see the base mark please, although it looks very 1950s/1960s

Title: Re: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: micheybell on September 05, 2008, 02:36:39 PM

Christine,

Thanks for the reply.  It is tough to get a picture of the markings with my crummy camera, but with that said, I have attached a picture.  The number stamped in gold is 5148.  Oddly, the word ANTIQUE is also impressed into the bottom. Which of course, makes me think it is not worth much.  Antiques are just that because of their age, not because someone put the word into the pottery.

Thanks!
Michelle

Title: Re: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: antiquerose123 on September 08, 2008, 05:42:55 AM

Very pretty  :)

don't worry about your crummy camera pixs -- I too had crummy pics till SANTA came last year....lol  :camera:

Title: Re: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: Anne on September 08, 2008, 03:14:07 PM

ANTIQUE could be the pattern name or the shape name then. Have a look at www.replacements.com and see if it's listed there under Wood's patterns.

Title: Re: Arthur Wood Teapot - Age and Worth?
Post by: Lustrousstone on September 08, 2008, 08:10:58 PM

I found an example of a mark like yours here (http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/w/woodarthur.html) but no indication of age. The pattern is this case also looks to date from the 1950s/60s, see here (http://www.replacements.com/webquote/WOASAN.htm)

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