Wade Pottery Marks

The majority of porcelain or ceramics have identifying pottery marks somewhere on each piece, Wade ceramic pottery is no exception. These marks are called backstamps and they are the signature of the pottery that made the items.

Wade Ceramics whose porcelain products date back to the late 1860s have altered their backstamps significantly throughout the years and pieces tend to be marked in a variety of different ways and colours.

Wade pottery marks have been found as:

• Ink Stamps – Wade ink stamps come in a variety of colours including; red, grey, gold, green, orange, brown and black and appear in two sizes; large and small and were used on appropriately sized models.
• Transfer Prints – Transfer prints appear like a tattoo on the pottery and Wades transfer prints come in different shapes including; circular, semi-circular, and oval.
• Embossed Backstamps – These pottery marks are incorporated into the mould so become part of the item. The information is raised.
• Impressed Backstamps – These pottery marks are incorporated into the mould and the information is cut into the model.
• Hand Written – Some hollow items did not have enough room for any type of Wade pottery mark so the models have handwritten marks on their underside usually in black.
• Labels – Usually these Wade labels were black and gold in colour. It is a shame that pottery was marked in this manner as many labels were removed or rubbed or even washed off leaving pieces completely unidentifiable.

Due to Wade re-issuing various models at different times, it is not unusual to find that some pieces have up to three different types of pottery mark on it.

Pottery marks are usually found on the base of the model. A lot of the Wade whimsies however had their “Wade England” backstamp placed along the rim of the figure instead. In the case of models with thin legs without sufficient space for even a label they would be packed in boxes with “Wade England” clearly on them as identifying marks. As with labels boxes soon became separated from the models once more leaving these Wade models hard to identify.

Two of the earliest ink stamp Wade pottery marks used by Wade and Company on their teapots, and vases dates back to the 1920s. The first is worded “Wade & Co. Wades’ England” on three separate lines of text and is believed to have been used in the late 1900s to the mid 1920s.

The second ink stamp incorporates a picture of a line between the words “Wades” above and “England” below. This Wade pottery mark was used from the mid 1920s until 1927.
Sometimes it is possible to find a Wade model with three or four different types of backstamp. As new moulds were made to replace broken or worn ones a different pottery mark would sometimes be used on the new mould resulting in one model with different backstamps.

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