tea set

[insurance]

can any answer bankers help me with this one? I have a tea set passed down in the family which is a least 85 yrs old.I would like to know what the markings on the bottom mean.  it says ivory china then a drawing of a crown then the letters N.S thanks in advance.

[Sammy Snake]

N.S stands for North Staffs (known as the Potteries).  It might be more difficult to find the manufacturer as quite a few of them had a crown in their markings.  Are there no other clues at all?

[Sammy Snake]

Try this site:

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/marks.html

It has pictures of all the trademarks, listed alphabetically.  It might mean trawling through them all but you should find one to match hopefully.

I did start looking for you but its far easier if you look as you can see the tea set!

[mystress]

insurance,

Further to Sammy's Link,this is another page from the excellent Potteries.org site!

http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/index_alpha.htm

This list the Potteries by name etc.

Sorry Sammy not stealing your thunder I hope?

[Sammy Snake]

Not at all mystress!  I did start searching the site but got bored very quickly which is why I posted the link, so insurance could look for him (or her?) self - save me doing it! 

[insurance]

thanks for your replys i have been on the sites you recomended but cannot find the right crown.also is there another name for ivory china as i cannot find that?

thanks.