Registered Design Numbers Ceramics

The system of registering designs with a specific number was introduced at the end of 1883.

Registered design numbers ceramics.

The bundle number is unimportant to most collectors. 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. To give an example using the mark above the chart you get the following information.

In 1868 the positions of the code letters and numbers were changed but the registration mark continued until december 1883 when it was replaced by a serial number. Design registry numbers 1884 2009 lists the english registry numbers by year. The numbers are for the first known design registration for each year between 1884 and 1945 and then for each decade up to 1990. Registered numbers are a consecutive numbering system which started in 1884 of designs which were registered by companies.

It superseded the previous diamond registrations. 821265 it was registered sometime in 1937 table 5. Com www. Material ceramics design registered april 7 1857.

Design registration marks or kite marks with rd in the center were used between 1842 and 1883 the use of registration numbers such as rd no 10057 began in 1884 printed or stamped marks in colours other than blue tend to be post 1850. British registry design number date chart www. The table below gives year of registration for numbers allocated between 1890 and 1965. 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.

For example if a piece is marked with the number rd. Com 1 used 1842 1867 example shows date of november 9 1855 item made of metal. 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. Although vast numbers of registered design records survive there are instances of registration numbers without corresponding records and of numbers that were not used.