Interpreting Makers Marks on China and Porcelain - By: blog.RubyLane.com, 2009-09-25

Many experienced collectors and dealers of pottery say it is important to not only research the mark or backstamp but to consider the shape, decoration, and type of ware as well, before coming to a definitive conclusion as to maker. For example, if an item is said to be a Staffordshire pottery spill vase, circa 1850, yet the piece is made of hard paste porcelain – we know this is a fake because Staffordshire pottery was not made from hard paste porcelain.

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