Marks and backstamps

Over the years, many marks and backstamps have been used to identify Royal Crown Derby china. The marks shown here are from the Osmaston Road factory and cover the period from 1877 to the present day. You can discover more in Margaret Sargeant's book "Royal Crown Derby" - it's listed in the "Products" section under "Other Products".

Royal Crown Derby also carries a date mark to identify the year of manufacture. From 1938, roman numerals have been used - the only exception being the 2000, which had a special mark of two interlaced 'M's. 'X' and 'V' have been used twice as date marks - to avoid confusion, 1901 & 1904 are accompanied by 'England', while the roman numerals used for 1942 & 1947 are accompanied by 'Made in England'.