Modern Moorcroft Impressed Marks | Year Cyphers
Moorcroft Pottery England has been producing pottery since 1913.
William Moorcroft Pottery was produced between 1913 and 1945 (when William passed). Walter Moorcroft Pottery was produced between 1945 and 1986. Both William and Walters signatures (they are both WM after all!) can be easily confused by inexperienced (and advanced) collectors.
If you are interested in learning about William and Walter Moorcroft, signatures, marks and base stamps this book is essential reading:
Moorcroft 1897 - 1993 New Edition | Paul Atterbury - see it here
Modern Moorcroft year cyphers
The Moorcroft Pottery works introduced small, impressed year cyphers into the base of their pottery in 1990 and as a result, collectors can use these symbols to identify the year each piece of Moorcroft pottery was made.
Copyright marks merely state the date when the design was first used.
1990 Arrow
1991 Bell
1992 Candlestick
1993 Diamond
1994 Eye
1995 Flag
1996 Gate
1997 HC monogram for the centenary year
1998 Iron
1999 Jug
2000 Key with a double ‘M’ for the teeth
2001 Leaf
2002 Mushroom
2003 Nib
2004 Octagon
2005 Pineapple
2006 Question Mark replaced with ‘Q’
2007 Racquet
2008 Strawberry
2009 Teapot
2010 Umbrella
2011 Vase
2012 Windmill
2013 Xylophone
2014 Yacht
2015 Z
2016 Anchor
2017 Butterfly
2018 Cat
2019 Dice
2020 Elephant
2021 Fish
2022 Grapes
2023 Harp
2024 Igloo
William Moorcroft Pottery was produced between 1913 and 1945 (when William passed). Walter Moorcroft Pottery was produced between 1945 and 1986. Both William and Walters signatures (they are both WM after all!) can be easily confused by inexperienced (and advanced) collectors.
If you are interested in learning about William and Walter Moorcroft, signatures, marks and base stamps this book is essential reading:
Moorcroft 1897 - 1993 New Edition | Paul Atterbury - see it here
Modern Moorcroft year cyphers
The Moorcroft Pottery works introduced small, impressed year cyphers into the base of their pottery in 1990 and as a result, collectors can use these symbols to identify the year each piece of Moorcroft pottery was made.
Copyright marks merely state the date when the design was first used.
1990 Arrow
1991 Bell
1992 Candlestick
1993 Diamond
1994 Eye
1995 Flag
1996 Gate
1997 HC monogram for the centenary year
1998 Iron
1999 Jug
2000 Key with a double ‘M’ for the teeth
2001 Leaf
2002 Mushroom
2003 Nib
2004 Octagon
2005 Pineapple
2006 Question Mark replaced with ‘Q’
2007 Racquet
2008 Strawberry
2009 Teapot
2010 Umbrella
2011 Vase
2012 Windmill
2013 Xylophone
2014 Yacht
2015 Z
2016 Anchor
2017 Butterfly
2018 Cat
2019 Dice
2020 Elephant
2021 Fish
2022 Grapes
2023 Harp
2024 Igloo
- Robert Neilsen
