Royal Crown Derby

Royal Crown Derby was founded in 1750 by William Duesbury, who established a small pottery factory in Derby, England.

In 1773, Duesbury purchased the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, which was one of the leading porcelain manufacturers in England at the time.

On this page, I will teach you how to estimate the date of manufacture. Royal Crown Derby has its own unique dating system, so we can easily learn that.

Old Royal Crown Derby Marks

1800s

c.1880

The marks above or similar were used before around 1900.

Symbols on Royal Crown Derby Marks

1900

1901

1903

1906

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1915

1916

1917

1919

Around 1880, Royal Crown Derby adopted a unique symbol to mark its date of manufacture.

It continued until 1937.

1922

1925

1927

1931

From 1920, ‘England’ on the right side of the mark disappeared.

There were marks without symbols. Maybe they were made between 1920 and 1975.

Derby Posies

Teacup

Sugar & Cream

Strainer

Roman character on Royal Crown Derby Marks

1940

1943

1950

1961

1965

From 1938, Royal Crown Derby adopted Roman numbers.
Started with I in 1938, II in 1939, and following order.

I	1938	XI	1948	XXI	1958
II	1939	XII	1949	XXII	1959
III	1940	XIII	1950	XXIII	1960
IV	1941	XIV	1951	XXIV	1961
V	1942	XV	1952	XXV	1962
VI	1943	XVI	1953	XXVI	1963
VII	1944	XVII	1954	XXVII	1964
VIII	1945	XVIII	1955	XXVIII	1965
IX	1946	XIX	1956	XXIX	1966
X	1947	XX	1957	XXX	1967

1966

1968

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

XXXI	1968	XLI	1978	LI	1988
XXXII	1969	XLII	1979	LII	1989
XXXIII	1970	XLIII	1980	LIII	1990
XXXIV	1971	XLIV	1981	LIV	1991
XXXV	1972	XLV	1982	LV	1992
XXXVI	1973	XLVI	1983	LVI	1993
XXXVII	1974	XLVII	1984	LVII	1994
XXXVIII	1975	XLVIII	1985	LVIII	1995
XXXIX	1976	XLIX	1986	LIX	1996
XL	1977	L	1987	LX	1997

1977

1979

1981

1982

From 1976, new Mark design.