C & W & H Pottery Mark found on the "immigrant trail" covered wagon trail over the sierras

by Rick
(USA)

C & W & H Pottery Mark found on the "immigrant trail" covered wagon trail over the sierras:- saturday sept. 18th while on a hike my wife found this small piece of pottery in what was pointed out to be a campsite. this was at the 3000ft elevation. i found that the diamond and numbers are registration numbers. but,,what does the c & w. r. h. stand for,

thank you so much,

rick, grass valley, ca.

i only have the one photo to submit, wish i knew what the piece was...?

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C & W & H Pottery Mark found on the "immigrant trail" covered wagon trail over the sierras

Hi Rick

Many thanks, this site just loves human interest stories like this one - great submission.

The maker is most likely a small short-lived maker from Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire called C & W Harvey who were in business from c.1835-53. They also had a mark C & W K H. This would put a date on when those folks were going over the mountain there. Maybe they were from England and brought their crockery with them. I would love to how the china got broken.

Peter (admin)

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