Etched marks

Portland mark

Etched mark

The Portland vase was the first etched mark used bu Wedgwood. Later it was replaced with the mark illustrated in the second picture above.

Marks and labels

Earlier Kings Lynn Glass and Lemington Glass pieces generally had a paper label which often gets removed over the years.

Wedgwood pieces have or had a paper or foil label combined with an etched mark.

Here are a number of the most common labels you may come across.

Black label label orange

Label Gold Label silver

Label Black Label gold

 

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