Royal Worcester
Cricklite and Fairy Lamp Stands
(A work in progress)
Samuel Clarke commissioned the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company to adapt selected models of their ware to serve as Cricklite and fairy lamp stands. Most of these products are certainly dual purpose, however, those commissioned by Clarke are often marked "Trademark Cricklite". This simple table identifies those we have documented. Except where noted, dimensions are to the top of the porcelain stand and does not include the Cricklite fitting. If you have additional models or variants of known models, please drop me a note at jimsapp7@msn.com. With everyone's help, we can document many of these fine products.
The following shapes have been identified by members of the Fairy Lamp Club. Some known shapes are not listed as fairy lamps, i.e. model number 1151 Lotus and number 1293 Mower Girl. You have to wonder how many other shapes are not identified as fairy lamps. For example, model number 1290 Figure candelabrum - three lights - 1880 in Royal Worcester Porcelain by Sandon could be a Cricklite stand. Between 1883 and 1890 there were 54 models listed as "lamp."
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Royal Worcester Date Codes
(Tawpia.org)
| Image | Name |
Model Number |
Rd Number |
Registered Date |
Production Date Code |
Markings | Known Sizes | Reference |
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Grecian Water Carrier | 125 | Unknown | Unknown |
Seven dots (1898) |
Royal Worcester Shot Enamels, Trade Mark Cricklite | 30.5" | Ruf-730 |
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Grecian Water Carrier |
_2_ 125 |
Unknown | Unknown |
Eleven Dots (1902) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite
"36" |
23.0" | Private Collection |
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Grecian Water Carrier |
_2_ 125 |
Unknown | Unknown |
Twenty-two dots (1913) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite | 10.25" | Private Collection |
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Grecian Water Carrier (Right Hand) |
_2_ 125 |
Unknown | Unknown |
Three dots (1919) (1912) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite "M" |
Overall 16.875" |
Ruf-732 |
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Grecian Water Carrier (Right Hand) |
_2_ 125 |
Unknown | Unknown |
Three dots (1894) |
Royal Worcester Shot Enamels, Trade Mark "England" | 20.25" | Private Collection |
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Grecian Water Carrier (Left Hand) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Seventeen dots 1908 |
England "6" |
10.5" | Private Collection |
Name is "Grecian Water Carrier" This is, as you say, model number 125 but it is 'Class 2' Model 125. (Class 2 = Statuettes over 8" in height.) Your piece is dated 1898 but it was being made as a stand alone figure from at least 1867 and possibly earlier. The model was made in 4 sizes and each was used as a Cricklite base. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource
Model 125
is Class 2 "Groups from Midsummer Night's
Dream." "New Grecian Water Carriers" came in 4 sizes. Royal Worcester Porcelain, from 1862 to the Present Day by Henry
Sandon |
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The Bather Surprised | 486 | Unknown | 1875 |
Fourteen dots (1905) |
Trademark Cricklite | 11.0" | U-122 |
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The Bather Surprised | 486 | Unknown | 1875 | Unknown | Unknown | 24.0" | Private Collection |
"The Bather Surprised" modeled by Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Brock in approximately 1874. This was made in three sizes, each was used as a Cricklite base. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource. According to Royal Worcester Porcelain from 1862 to The Present Day, by Sandon, Plate 29, the modeler was Sir Thomas Brock and the 26" size was made in 1902. It came in three sizes the largest is 26 inches. |
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| Undocumented | Spiral Fairy Lamp Vase | 874 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
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Rustic Boy Marked Hadley |
964 | Unknown | Unknown |
Seven dots (1898) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite |
13.75" | Private Collection |
| Undocumented |
Rustic Girl Marked Hadley |
965 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp Vase | 1150 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
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Lotus Flower Holder with Three Buds | 1151 | 47870 | 1886 | Unknown | "Moon" "5" & "1151" | 7.25" wide |
R-492 Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
Model number 1151 Lotus Flower was identified in Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon. The model illustrated is not stamped with the Royal Worcester trademark. |
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| Undocumented | Mower Candelabrum - Boy | 1292 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
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Mower Candelabrum - Girl | 1293 | 109821 | 1888 |
Nine dots (1900) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite Hadley |
13.25" | Private Collection |
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Mower Candelabrum - Girl | 1293 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 22" |
Royal Worcester Original Catalog Candlelabra Version |
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Vase with Head Handles | 1410 | Unknown | 1889 |
Seven dots (1898) |
Unknown | 23.5" | U-229 |
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Vase with Head Handles | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Eight dots (1899) |
Unknown | 16.5" | U-230 |
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Unknown | 1741 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 27.5" | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
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Spiral Vase | 1757 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three sizes. Smallest used for Cricklite | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
It would not have had a name. It was just described as a vase with figural handles and was first made in 1889. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource |
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Unknown | 1793 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12" | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
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Cairo Water Carrier (male) | 1890 | Unknown |
1896 (1897) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Private Collection |
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Cairo Water Carrier (female) | 1890 | Unknown |
1896 (1897) |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Private Collection |
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Cairo Water Carrier (male) | 1890 |
84463 (1887) |
1896 (1887) |
Twelve dots (1903) |
Royal Worcester Shot Enamels, Trade Mark Cricklite P11 and 10. |
Overall 19" |
Ruf-715 |
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Cairo Water Carrier (female) | 1890 | 84464 |
1896 (1887) |
Six dots (1897) |
Royal Worcester Shot Enamels, Trade Mark Cricklite | 12" | Private Collection |
These are the 'Cairo Water Carriers' both in their plain form and in 'shot enamels'. These water carriers were released as stand alone figures as model No 1250 in 1887. They were modeled by James Hadley after he set up his own independent workshop and the masters were sold to Royal Worcester. They later re-released them as model number 1890 in 1886 as the Cricklite stands. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource |
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Cricklite Standard | 2015 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 10.25" | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
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Cricklite Standard | 2019 |
323188 (1898) |
1898 |
Five dots (1896) |
Designed and Made for Clarke's Cricklite Specially. Royal
Worcester, England "B 71" |
Overall 18.0"
|
Ruf-729 |
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Cricklite Standard | 2019 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two known sizes | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
| This was actually made in two forms, with and without the dish included in the base. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource | ||||||||
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Torch Bearer (Pair of females) |
2020 | Unknown | 1898 | Unknown | Cricklite Clarke's Patent Trademark |
23.0"
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U-231 |
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Torch Bearer | 2020 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two known sizes | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
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Student | 2035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12" | Royal Worcester Original Catalog |
| The Torch Bearer was actually made as a pair of figures, both of which were (as far as I know) only used for Cricklites. They were made in 2 sizes so there should be 4 different versions. These were first issued in 1898. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource | ||||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
"....*...." (1924) |
Royal Worcester Trade Mark Cricklite, Made in England, 143 over H
"6" 1891 |
Overall 25.25" |
Ruf-716 |
Another of Hadley's figures adapted for Cricklite use but, I am not sure at the moment which one. It cannot be dated 1924 if the only date marking is eight dots. Antique British Ceramics Information Resource |
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Wicker Fairy Lamp |
1212 | Unknown | 1887 |
Y (1887) |
Royal Worcester Trademark 1212 |
6.30"d. 2.36"h. (base only) |
Private Collection |
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Triple Wicker Fairy Lamp |
1241 |
78873 (1887) |
1887 |
Z (1888) |
Royal Worcester Trademark 1241 |
8"w. x 2.75"h. w/o fairy lamp. 6.75"h. with fairy lamp. | Private Collection |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp with three shells & coral feet | 1269 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp with three shells & coral feet | 1270 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp with three flower tubes | 1271 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp with three flower tubes | 1272 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp with indented edge | 1273 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp | 1277 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
| Undocumented | Fairy Lamp | 1278 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Royal Worcester Porcelain - Sandon |
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Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Nine dots (1900) |
Royal Worcester, England G 9 85, Grainger Factory, 1897. |
Overall 10.375" |
Ruf-709 |
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Unknown | Unknown |
41797 (1886) |
Unknown | Unknown |
Royal Worcester, England 1131, 40 and 25. Hadley |
Overall 13.75" |
Ruf-710 |
Definition: The term "Shot Enamels" or "Shot Silk Enamels" were a type of finish popular around the turn of the twentieth century. They were basically an areographed satin glaze that shimmered under just the right lighting conditions.
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