I am looking for some assistance with the identification of a coffee/tea pot with a creamer and sugar bowl. I have attached photos to help with the identification. The pieces have a Maker’s Mark on the bottoms of each item. I have searched the internet for both the physical pieces and by the Maker’s Mark. I also searched Kovel’s Mark section. Can’t find anything matching. The pattern is the same on both sides of each piece. Not sure if I was using the correct site to search for Maker’s Mark. If anyone has any recommendations of a good site or sites, that would also be appreciated also. The coffee/tea pot is 8 ½” tall to top of lid, creamer is 4” tall to top of lid & sugar bowl is 3 ½” tall.
Larry,
one can bump into quite peculiar things when dealing with base marks. Sometimes the solution to a given question is just an inch away, in this case you are looking at the “off brand” version of one of their their “full brand” marks.
Even today not every producer needs or wants full brand products all the time. There are various reasons (country of origin in the doghouse of the target market, undermining region protection contracts, price protection of own goods, et cetera, et cetera).
As to why not use a different mark altogether … near all producers like a little vanity, like showing a little but not allowing it to be more than the knee. In some cases that could lead to embarrassing moments, e.g. when items bearing such a minimal mark are claimed to be “fake” by an uneducated store owner or china “expert”.
