Pottery mark, Name cutoff

[MountainThrifts]

(SOLVED)
I found this pottery a while back and have been dying to find a solid lead on where it is from. I can make out “J. W. & SO” which I think may be ‘J. W. & SONS’ but I’m not sure. Just above that I can make out “ST....R CH....” before it cuts off again. I’ve searched high and low for the symbol/ mark (which is what I have a pretty perfect view of) but haven’t found any luck. Has anyone else seen anything like this before? With the site I have found it on I believe it could be anywhere from 1800s to the 1900s.

(Had tried to get a picture attached but was being weird so posted picture in a quick reply)

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[MountainThrifts]

 

[fyrffytr1]

It is J W & sons stone china but I haven't been able to find any information on who J W was. Stone china was first made in the early 1800s but it had a grey tint. I think the white based stone china came out in the 1830s.

 

[Red-Coat]

Welcome to Tnet.

This is your mark: “J.W. & Son” (singular, not plural) with the other wording being “Stone China”:



That mark above was from a jug & bowl wash set but it’s not reliably identified, except to say that it’s likely from one of the potteries in Trenton, NJ.

Those side-by-side shields of America and Britain were first used as a trademark after the coming together of the shared business interests of several pottery companies. It’s complicated but the business concerns were:

- The International Pottery Company of Trenton established in 1860 by Henry Speeler, becoming Henry Speeler & Sons in 1868.
- The Glasgow Pottery of Trenton, established in 1863 by John Moses.
- The Mercer Pottery Company of Trenton, established in 1868 by James Moses.
- The Lincoln Pottery Company of Trenton established in 1879 after Edward Clark and James Carr (who also owned the New York City Pottery) purchased Speeler’s International Pottery Company factory.

The reorganisation of the International Pottery Company by Clark and Carr was in collaboration with John and James Moses. Mercer and International began sharing mould designs to the extent that they were producing identical goods (with different decoration) and the double shield trademark was seen as an appropriate tribute to the collaboration of the Americans Clark and Carr with the two British Moses’. Both companies used the mark, differing only in the names below. In September that same year Carr & Clark were bought out by Burgess & Campbell, who continued using the trademark but with their own names substituted beneath.



So, we have multiple variations on this trademark used by at least three companies that we know about, but then we also have others which are unattributed. One is your “J.W. & Son" mark. There’s at least one other, which is the "Waness & Campbell" mark shown below (from a small cream jug).



We don’t know who these companies were, but some have suggested that they might be distributor or retailer names. It’s also possible that they could relate to companies who were decorators of blanks produced by one of the known Trenton companies, or short-lived offshoots of the business interests of those listed above which have gone undocumented. Whichever is the case, they probably date to around the same period… the latter part of the 1800s.

 

[MountainThrifts]

Thank you so much! I thought I was on the right track but all the different names had me confused XD Thank you again!!