Vintage: Registration number 28356 dates it to production year 1896
Maker/Marks: Ralph Hammersley and Songs/please see photos of back for mark
Condition: Our photographs reveal the condition best -- please enlarge and zoom in on them, and examine them carefully. We often add graphics such as arrows, circles, and text boxes to our photos to point out things of interest that might be hard to see, such as a price tag or maker's mark, as well as to highlight many condition flaws. Very fresh and clean, with no cracks, and only a few small surface flakes along the rim, technically chips but soft and only a light layer removed from the top glaze. These are located in a position suggesting that they were caused by a metal plate hanger digging into them. An small impact divot at the very top along the border. These three flaws are highlighted in the collage photo that is the last of the photos. Widespread crazing, with that in the lower left quadrant being stained enough to show more prominently than in the other quadrants, so look for it in that spot in particular. No other types of stains, and no silver/gray utensil marks. No deep scratches that can be felt, just the very light, completely colorless kind affecting the topmost glaze only, the kind that can be seen only when the piece is held up at just the right angle to a direct source of bright light.