Dating Carlton Ware by Back-Stamp

To help date Carlton Ware you need to look at the Carlton Ware (or W&R) back-stamp or logo, the pattern number (usually hand painted) on the base and the impressed number on the base. Sometimes the pattern numbers and the impressed numbers are not present or are very difficult to read. In the later years the pattern number was written on a paper sticker attached to the bottom and often this has been removed!

	In this picture the Pattern Number is 2929 and the Shape or Impressed Number is 217. The marking o/2552 is an order number.
	The Pattern Number 4117 on a paper sticker.

 

The following table provides a rough indication of the date that a piece of Carlton Ware was made by looking at the back-stamp.

	1890 - 1894
	1894 - 1927
	1906 - 1927
	1906 - 1927
	Late 1910's - early 1920's
	1925 - 1957
	1925 - 1970
	1929 - 1939
	1929 - 1942
	1935 - 1961
	Rouge Royale (Red). 1940+
	Vert Royale (Green). 1940+
	Bleu Royale (Blue). 1940+
	Noire Royale (Black). 1940+
	1952 - 1962
	1967 - 1989
	1968 - 1990
	1968 - 1990
	1974 - 1989

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