{"id":25,"date":"2020-12-06T20:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksonchina.com\/marks\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-10-09T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T15:25:30","slug":"s-hancock-and-sons-and-other-corona-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksonchina.com\/marks\/s-hancock-and-sons-and-other-corona-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"S Hancock and Sons and other Corona Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Corona Ware (also known as Corona Ware) with a very similar mark was made by Sampson Hancock and Sons from 1912\u00a0 until 1937.<\/p>\n

Sampson Hancock\u00a0was started in Tunstall around 1858. In 1870 they relocated to the Bridgeworks in Stoke. Primarily an Earthenware manufacturer, Hancock\u2019s popular wares were inexpensive. (the hand drawn numbers in the picture are pattern numbers)<\/p>\n

Initials<\/p>\n

S.H.<\/strong><\/p>\n

were used between 1858 \u2013 1891<\/p>\n

Printed mark<\/p>\n

S. HANCOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n

was used from 1858<\/p>\n

S. H. & S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

S. H. & Sons<\/strong><\/p>\n

1891 \u2013 1935<\/p>\n

Other marks from this factory –\u00a0 including ones using the word MAGNET or THE \u201cDUCHESS\u201d CHINA \u2013 all either feature the company initials or the factory name within the design. The word England was added after 1891.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Warning<\/h2>\n

Marks featuring a Crown with the word<\/p>\n

CORONA<\/strong><\/p>\n

on its own, underneath are NOT made by Sampson Hancock and Sons \u2013 they are either Gater, Hall and Company (1914 \u2013 1943) or by Barratts of Staffordshire (who took over Gater Hall in 1943). From 1943 on they also used a mark incorporating the words<\/p>\n

CROWN CORONA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Corona Ware 1912  until 1937 [LG]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n