Do you recognize this maker's mark?
April 26, 2018 1:09 PM   Subscribe

A friend just bought a bunch of dishes at an antique store in Kansas. No one in the store knew what they were! Asymmetrical, turquoise and gray. Here's some pics.
posted by fiercecupcake to Grab Bag (6 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
I looked through the fairly large Old and Sold pottery marks reference site and could not find the mark. The only thing that I found that even had an element with a passing resemblance was British maker Fulham in the lower right of this page. Lots of marks listed there, maybe I missed it.
posted by bz at 2:21 PM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]


Also, there is this Project Gutenberg posting of an old book entitled China and Pottery Marks. Didn't find it there, either. Sorry. I suppose I could go on all day posting all the places I didn't find the mark so I will stop now.
posted by bz at 2:25 PM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]


I think it is probably Harker. They had a bow and arrow mark and are USA based, as in the impressed mark.

That book says marks were printed and impressed.

There is a post about someone with pink dishes with the same mark, and they were also wondering if they were Harker.
posted by ceithern at 4:04 PM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]


Hrm, I'm pretty sure the photo is sideways. It's a bow and arrow with the word "USA" stamped above the back half of the arrow. (Which, if pottery is anything like cast iron, dates it after 1960, which is when the FTC started requiring goods to have their country of origin marked on them.)
posted by mudpuppie at 4:05 PM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]


Best answer: Replacements, Ltd. offers a free identification request service. Send them photos of the front and back.
posted by snowmentality at 7:07 PM on April 26, 2018 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Update! She did ask Replacements, thanks! And here's the answer:

"The pottery is mid century Gorbutt-Bowman from Kansas."

Just in the very unlikely case anyone else on the internet needs to know :]
posted by fiercecupcake at 6:10 AM on May 7, 2018


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