With Regard To Pottery, What Is A Register?
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Registration Diamonds & Numbers |
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What is a Diamond Mark ?
During the period 1842-1883 the British Patent Office issued a diamond mark along with the registration number when a design was registered.
As well as showing that the pattern had been registered, diamond mark offered the buyer the reassurance of knowing an item was of British design. It also assured the person registering the design a degree of protection from copying. The protection was dependent on the type of material and the grade in which the product was placed.
The mark was created to identify the type of cloth used (known every bit the class), how many items were included, (sometimes known equally bundles or packages, and the engagement of registration.
Annotation that the registration number does not grade function of the mark.
The centre is occupied past the abbreviation Rd signifying that this is a Patent Part mark standing for Registered Design.
How to understand the mark ?
1) What 'class' is the textile?
The Roman numeral at the height of the diamond indicated the 'grade' or type of textile used - for example 3 was for glass ware and Iv was for clay ware.
2) What year range is the mark from?
In that location are two ranges of year codes; 1842-1867 & 1868-1883. At first glance they look the same but if you lot wait closely you can see that some have a number at the right hand corner and some take a letter of the alphabet.
If at that place is a number at the right hand corner of the diamond then it is in the 1842-1867 range
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If at that place is a letter of the alphabet at the right manus corner of the diamond then it is in the 1868-1883 range
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number at the right paw corner of the diamond
1842-1867 range
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letter at the right hand corner of the diamond
1868-1883 range
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3) Understanding marks 1842-1867
Commencement of all brand sure at that place is a number in the right hand corner equally shown below:-
If there is a letter then the marking is 1868-1883Yous can ignore the number at the lesser of the diamond - this tells us how many items were included in the registration, (sometimes known as bundles or packages).
From the other numbers and letters nosotros can piece of work out the date of the registration.Day - Right hand corner - this is self explanatory
Calendar month - Left paw corner - this is worked out from the code below:-
Month letter of the alphabet Calendar month Month letter of the alphabet Month A Dec H April B October I July C January M November D September M June E May R August G Feb W March Year - Top of the diamond - this is worked out from the code below (they are listed in alphabetical order):-
Yr codes for 1842 - 1867
Yr codes Year codes Year codes A 1845 J 1854 South 1849 B 1858 K 1857 T 1867 C 1844 L 1856 U 1848 D 1852 M 1859 V 1850 E 1855 N 1864 Due west 1865 F 1847 O 1862 X 1842 G 1863 P 1851 Y 1853 H 1843 Q 1866 Z 1860 I 1846 R 1861 Exception Notes:
In 1857 the letter R was used during 1-19 September, and during 1860 the letter of the alphabet M was used for December.
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registration date for this marker:
27th Apr (H) 1847 (F)
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Jones & Walley put both the date and
the registration diamond to requite the following:-
13th May (E) 1843 (H)
four) Understanding marks 1868-1883
Kickoff of all brand certain there is a alphabetic character in the right hand corner as shown beneath:-
If there is a number so the marking is 1842-1867You tin can ignore the number at the left paw corner of the diamond - this tells united states of america how many items were included in the registration, (sometimes known equally bundles or packages).
From the other numbers and letters we can work out the date of the registration.Day - Acme of the diamond - this is cocky explanatory
Month - Bottom of the diamond - this is worked out from the code below:-
Month letter of the alphabet Calendar month Month alphabetic character Month A December H April B October I July C January K Nov D September 1000 June Eastward May R August G Feb W March Year - Correct hand corner of the diamond - this is worked out from the lawmaking below (they are listed in alphabetical guild):-
Year codes for 1868 - 1883
Year codes Twelvemonth codes A 1871 L 1882 C 1870 P 1877 D 1878 Due south 1875 Due east 1881 U 1874 F 1873 V 1876 H 1869 X 1868 I 1872 Y 1879 J 1880 K 1883 Exception notes:
From 1-half-dozen March 1878, W was used for the year in place of D; and G was used for the calendar month in identify of W.
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registration date for this marking:
29th September (D) 1879 (Y)
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5 ) This year table is in chronological order -to help in identifying possible exceptions as shown below:
1842 - 1867 and 1868 - 1883
Twelvemonth codes Year codes Yr codes Year codes 1842 10 1855 E 1868 10 1881 East 1843 H 1856 L 1869 H 1882 L 1844 C 1857 K 1870 C 1883 K 1845 A 1858 B 1871 A 1846 I 1859 M 1872 I 1847 F 1860 Z 1873 F 1848 U 1861 R 1874 U 1849 S 1862 O 1875 S 1850 V 1863 G 1876 V 1851 P 1864 N 1877 P 1852 D 1865 Westward 1878 D 1853 Y 1866 Q 1879 Y 1854 J 1867 T 1880 J Exception Notes:
In 1857 the letter R was used during one-nineteen September, and during 1860 the letter K was used for Dec. From ane-6 March 1878, Westward was used for the yr in identify of D; and G was used for the month in place of W.
REGISTERED NUMBERS - from 1884
The Registered Number, usually written as Rd on the piece of pottery, gives the appointment when that design was registered to preclude copying, but it could have been made at any time later than that engagement.
The table below gives the year and the registration numbers issued during that twelvemonth
- for example whatever Rd number from 19756 to 40479 was issued in 18851884 ane
1885 19756
1886 40480
1887 64520
1888 90483
1889 116648
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1890 141273
1891 163767
1892 185713
1893 205240
1894 224720
1895 246975
1896 268392
1897 291241
1898 311658
1899 331707
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1900 351202
1901 368154
1902 385180
1903 403200
1904 424400
1905 447800
1906 471860
1907 493900
1908 518640
1909 535170
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1910 552000
1911 574817
1912 594195
1913 612431
1914 630190
1915 644935
1916 653521
1917 658988
1918 662872
1919 666128
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1920 673750
1921 680147
1922 687144
1923 694999
1924 702671
1925 710165
1926 718057
1927 726330
1928 734370
1929 742725
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1930 751160
1931 760583
1932 769670
1933 779292
1934 789019
1935 799097
1936 808794
1937 817293
1938 825231
1939 832610
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1940 837520
1941 838590
1942 839230
1943 839980
1944 841040
1945 842670
1946 845550
1947 849730
1948 853260
1949 856999
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1950 860854
1951 863970
1952 866280
1953 869300
1954 872531
1955 876067
1956 879282
1957 882949
1958 887079
1959 891665
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1960 895000
1961 899914
1962 904638
1963 909364
1964 914536
1965 919607
Details of the registrations are held at: -
Representations and Registers of Designs, 1839 - 1964
A representation is a sample, picture, photograph or sketch of the registered design. The registers of designs include the allocated registered number, ordinarily the name and the accost of the possessor of the design (who was not necessarily the designer), and the quantity of items registered, known as the packet or parcel. The National Athenaeum holds the surviving representations and registers of designs between 1839 and 1964. These documents are often very large, unwieldy and very dusty: They besides have fairly complicated reference systems.
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