Topic: Old transfer print plate & jug - unusual marks

[Cathyj]

Hi, I have what looks to be an old, quite thick earthenware oval plate & jug with very worn cream-colour glaze and with some gilding. Thre are no other marks than 1618 R painted on the bottom of the plate and, what looks like RA, AA, M or W painted on the jug. Can anyone tell me the manufacturer and a possible age? Cathy

[Anne]

Hi Cathy and welcome to the board. This might be a toughie unless someone recognises the pattern. Without a maker's mark of some kind I think we'll struggle.   The numbers / letters could be either a pattern number or the number of the worker who decorated it.

I'm trying to figure out what the pattern is but I can't make it out clearly enough - can you get a sharp close-up shot of the pattern please? If your camera has a macro or super macro setting then that should help us see it more clearly. Then some searching for keywords is possible if we know what to search for.

[Cathyj]

Hi Anne,
A photo of the pattern and also the distinctive knobs on the jug handle
Cathy

[Anne]

That's fab, thanks Cathy, Let's see what we can find now.

[user9318]

The pattern looks familiar to me, but cannot remember where I saw it and who made it.

[keith]

J & G Meakin maybe,got a coffee pot somewhere with a similar decorative band,

[Anne]

Meakin was one of my thoughts too Keith, but I couldn't find a match on the Meakin site here: https://sites.google.com/site/meakinchina/Home - unless I missed it.

[keith]

I looked as well without finding anything,maybe not Meakin,need more books!