Hi,

I have a Pounty and Co Dinner Service in the Odelberg Pattern and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on this for me please as I would love to find out a bit more about it.

Many thanks

Cerie

Hi What backstamp is on the bottom there are 40 different stamps used by Pountneys between 1905 and 1969

From the 1890's many Bristol earthenware items had 'semi-porclain' or 'semi-china' on their backstamps. A very pleasing dinner service is in 'antique' shape, with 'Odelberg' design. Odelberg was an underglaze-printed Art Nouveau design in a muted blue-green. 'Flown' colours were secially treated to give a soft, slightly blurred effect. A catalogue in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery lists 'Odelberg's wholesale price as from plain printed at 6/9d for a 26-piece set to 30/1d for a 70-piece set with gilding and extra painted colours. The rarest design is a large dinner service printed in gold on a rich mottled blue.

Thank you for the information - I have looked at the back stamp on a few of the plates smaller plates and I can't quite make it out I think it reads "10" then directly underneath "J5", there is also another word imprinted on the back of the plate but again I'm not quite sure what it is, it looks like "RIETO". These smaller plates also have the number "4" printed on them in a brownish red.