| AAA Fake Crown Mark |
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| This mark features on a huge number of fake and forged items claiming to be Carlton Ware. Although it is by no means the only mark used. The Crown mark was superceded by the script mark in 1926, and Carlton Ware did not become a limited company until 1958. Therefore this combination of Crown mark and LTD is totally wrong.
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| Alligator Sugar Bowl |
Fake |
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| Here we have another example of an item, probably made from an original mould but which are now falsly being reproduced as Carlton Ware. the poor quality of the decoration is an instant givaway.
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| Alligator Toast Rack |
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Fake |
In the 1980s Carlton Ware produced a range of wares modelled on an Alligator. It seems that the original moulds are now in unscrupulous hands and that fakes are beginning to surface.
The bright orange alligator carries the early Crown mark, which was of course long out of use when these reptiles, original or fakes, were produced. The orange colour was never used by Carlton for this range.
A pale green original with its correct Cooper Black mark is shown for comparison.
Photos kindly supplied by Jane Russell
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Carlton Ware did make an Apple Teapot during the 1970’s. However it was not this one.
The original is shown in the left hand picture.
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| Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts Mug |
Never produced by CW |
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| Another advertising mug, this time for Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts which has had a poor representation of a Carlton Ware script mark added as shown in the inset.
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