Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods).

by **dantheman** November 4th 2010, 3:05 pm

In the 1920s Edward Radford was working for H J Wood Ltd , Harry Wood marketed Radford's work with the backstamp 'E Radford, England, Hand painted', and later set up Radford Handcraft Pottery which traded up to 1948 when Radford retired, H J Wood continued making pots to his designs and marked them with the 'E Radford' backstamp

what I would like to know is
a, when was this made?
b, what was it designed to be used for?
c, is the ETE mark a decorators mark?

by **dantheman** November 4th 2010, 3:06 pm

here's the pot Embarrassed

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 00120

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 00216

by **big ed** November 4th 2010, 3:38 pm

It would appear the ete is decorators mark, HJ Wood continued to produce Radfords designs into the 1960's and marked them with a printed E.Radford backstamp , what it was used for? Dunno, ....Target practice? Big Laughter

by **Thesigeng** November 4th 2010, 3:56 pm

ET is the pattern type and I think E is the background colour.

See this site for more info

by **dantheman** November 4th 2010, 5:11 pm

ah yes,I agree the other e is most likely the background colour
thanks

by antiquerose123 January 18th 2015, 12:10 pm

A RADFORD Vase of mine here, for Reference as Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Icare

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Pb-rad11

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Pb-rad10

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Pb-rad12

by wildmantel February 18th 2016, 12:22 am

Just sharing a piece for reference.

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Radfor10

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Radfor11

by **SpoonLicker** June 23rd 2019, 2:57 pm

I'm sure I've seen this somewhere but now I'm coming up with nothing.
The base is embossed with WOODS ENGLAND 1212 and printed Radford England Handpainted.
Anyone have any information about the artist?
Thank you.

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Img_2052

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). Img_2051

by **SpoonLicker** June 23rd 2019, 8:16 pm

Never mind. I think I've solved it. The artist is Edward Radford.

by **benwilliams** July 18th 2019, 3:32 pm

Hand painted, looks late 50s to me. Moulded mark on base is unclear 2 words or numbers.
Second line reads MARTIN or something similar eg MARTON.
Any ideas. Reminds me of Radford type pottery.

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 21e08910

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 1b618310

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 10ff1310

by **denbydump** July 18th 2019, 6:52 pm

Can't make it out, but could be the shape or even pattern code.

by **Potty** July 19th 2019, 12:28 am

H.J. Wood / Radford.

by **benwilliams** July 19th 2019, 2:05 pm

Thank you, I’ll check for this pattern

by **Grumpy Grandad** April 5th 2020, 6:12 pm

An E. Radford 3-section dish, pattern no. 941 (moulded mark in top left section in bottom pic) with E. Radford backstamp + 'E', but no marks regarding Woods. I'm guessing it dates from the 1950s/60s.

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 20200431

Radford pottery by H J Wood / Wood & Sons (Woods). 20200432

by **denbydump** April 5th 2020, 9:33 pm

Yes post war. I tend to leave out the "E" when describing this period.
Just an ink-stamp.

The real E Radford is here:

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t6463-radford-handcraft-pottery-burslem-e-radford

by **Grumpy Grandad** April 5th 2020, 10:06 pm

The Woods Radford is pleasant enough in its own right, I suppose, but the original is much better. It's the pottery equivalent of the Bootleg Beatles.

by **denbydump** April 5th 2020, 10:37 pm

Some of it is nice, and collectable, but not in the same league as the the pre-war.

by **Grumpy Grandad** April 12th 2020, 2:26 pm

One very similar to the twin-handled vase posted by benwilliams on this thread.
Impressed marks 'Made in England. Genoa'. Painted decorator's mark 'B'. Lower, in very faint script is 'Woods Ware. Made in England'. Very pretty hand-painted butterflies decoration and yes, that is a faint hairline on the back.