These are some "Rule of Thumb" notes from a collector on how to age Hammersley, she is refering to this jug in this pattern.
I collect it from a slightly earlier period, 1885-1935.
The early pieces are without any markings on the bottom because they are really early, sometimes identified only by:
- Rd nos. 195702 or 150153 or 211089 and sometimes handwritten very small are the following nos. 12668 or 9129 (or 6216 if read upside down).
- Sometimes there is an impressed mark or a crown with Hammersley & Co., Longton, England
- or, a Crown with Hammersley, Dresden Sprays, England underneath.
We would like to add, any mention of England in the backstamp, dates the item after 1891 (McKinnley Act), any mention of "Made in England" dates the item to after 1900, and the jug to the right dates to the 1940-50's.
