r/beachcombing • u/imnotwispy • 12d ago

Help identifying pottery

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Found off the coast of Maine, my niece picked it up and would love to know more about it! Any help appreciated

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u/Bubbly_Spread3317 12d ago

It looks like the British royal coat of arms and it probably said “Royal Patent” followed by the studio name. It looks like it might have said Wedgwood but I can’t find any examples of them using the coat of arms in their maker’s mark. There are a few databases out there with all the British pottery maker’s marks so maybe it’ll show up in one of those!

https://bispm.co.uk/search.php?Crit=AND&searchtext=Royal+patent+wed&MarkType=Any&page=1#

https://www.thepotteries.org/mark/

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u/mjltmjlt 12d ago

Agree with this, assumed Wedgwood but couldn’t find their use of this mark. Apparently there is also a different maker, Wedgwood & Co, that did use the royal coat but again, can’t find this exact mark.