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A Mason's ironstone plate, 1840 - 1860 Maker's mark from the base of a 1920s Mason's 'Watteau' ironstone bowl (full piece pictured below). Note the "orange peel" texture, a defect, in the surface. Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in
Banker marks were made on stones before they were sent to be used by the walling masons. These marks served to identify the banker mason who had prepared the stones to their paymaster. This system was employed only when the stone was paid for by measure, rather than by time worked.
Buffalo China, Inc., formerly known as Buffalo Pottery, was a company founded in 1901 in Buffalo, New York as a manufacturer of semi-vitreous, and later vitreous, china. [1] Prior to its acquisition by Oneida Ltd. in 1983, [ 2 ] the company was one of the largest manufacturers of commercial chinaware in the United States.
Morganville Pottery Factory Site is an archeological site located at Morganville in Genesee County, New York. It was the location of a factory that produced ceramics and tile from 1829 until the end of the 19th century. An excavation in 1973 by a team from the Rochester Museum and Science Center yielded many artifacts.
The distinction between the factory marks and trademarks in England became clear by the 17th century in the cloth trade: the manufacturer marks (initials of the maker weaved into the cloth) were required from the producers by regulations and represented a liability, while the trademark (mark of the clothier) represented the goodwill, an asset ...
Mason jars were manufactured in many different colors, including clear, pale blue, yellow, amber, olive and various other greens. (In the early 1900s, people thought darker glass helped prevent ...
The pottery and tile production was one part of the Bacher family's White Cloud Farms business corporation which also produced apples, poultry, and livestock.The pottery was an important manufacturer of decorative American art pottery and tiles, marketed nationally by influential wholesalers, in New York City by art galleries, and locally at ...
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