Edward Radford Pottery

The Burslem mark, found on the majority of early pieces. Other marks on this jug are 77 for the shape and AG for the pattern.
"Made in Great Britain" - I've been told that this may indicate export pieces. The pattern is PX, the letter F indicates a fawn ground colour.
Showing the association with HJ Wood, this is one of the less common marks...
...as is this one, apparently hand written.
...and another that isn't seen too often..
Two more variations of the "Handcraft Ware" stamp...

Scraffiato Ware usually has the Burslem mark, suggesting that it was produced in the earlier years.
Just "E Radford" on this QCF jug, QC being the pattern and F indicating a fawn background.
Tyrol Ware is an uncommon range depicting brightly coloured stylised flowers.
Egyptian Ware - a rare and striking design. Thanks to Delyse for the base picture.
"E Radford England", another of the earlier marks, although from some of the pieces I've seen with this mark, it would seem that it is later than some of those above.
Another mark which may be somewhere between "early" and "late...

This inscription was used on most of the later pieces.

Smaller items are just marked "Made in England", or have no markings. The EL mark shown here indicates the pattern, the V is the mark of the paintress. The impressed 877 is the shape reference.

Piazza ware was a range produced by HJ Wood in the 1950's. Although the name was new, they were often decorated with existing "Radford" patterns. This one is BL, the same pattern can also be found with the Radford mark.

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Butterfly ware. I'm not sure whether these would be classed as early or later, probably somewhere in between?