Registered Design Numbers Ceramics

Material ceramics design registered april 7 1857.

Registered design numbers ceramics.

Where used such registered numbers rd no give an accurate date for when a design was first produced. Registered numbers are a consecutive numbering system which started in 1884 of designs which were registered by companies. Com www. The registered number usually written as rd on the piece of pottery gives the date when that design was registered to prevent copying but it could have been made at any time later than that date.

The numbers are for the first known design registration for each year between 1884 and 1945 and then for each decade up to 1990. British registry design number date chart www. The table below gives year of registration for numbers allocated between 1890 and 1965. See pottery marks registration of a design gave three years protection during which time there could be continuous or sporadic production of the design or pattern.

Design registry numbers 1884 2009 lists the english registry numbers by year. The system of registering designs with a specific number was introduced at the end of 1883. 821265 it was registered sometime in 1937 table 5. As you will see sometimes we only know the first glassware registration so if the material is say pottery or metal and has a number only slightly lower it might still have been registered in the same year.

Although vast numbers of registered design records survive there are instances of registration numbers without corresponding records and of numbers that were not used. A wallpaper or paper hanging design registered in november 1844 by william evans of shoreditch in london catalogue reference bt 43 78 22871. For example if a piece is marked with the number rd. To give an example using the mark above the chart you get the following information.

The bundle number is unimportant to most collectors. In 1857 the letter r was used during 1 19 of september during 1860 the letter k was used for december. It superseded the previous diamond registrations. Com 1 used 1842 1867 example shows date of november 9 1855 item made of metal.