A distinct circular impression an inch in diameter; in the centre appears a spread eagle with shield on his breast, and below him the words “Semi China;” surrounding all the words “E. Wood & Sons, Burslem. Warranted.” In conjunction with this impressed stamp appears often a dull blue mark, an oblong panel an inch and a half long and about three-eighths of an inch wide, inclosing the name of the view on the face of the plate. On this panel stands an eagle with laurel branch in his right claw, and in his beak a written scroll attached to a small United States shield, and bearing the words “E Pluribus Unum”—the whole on a clouded background. Many of the pieces bearing both of these marks are confused in outline, as if the dies or plates from which they were printed were worn out. And they also have the poorly drawn, ugly shell border. This stamp and mark are not given by Chaffers or Jewitt. The ware also varies greatly, the earlier plates being of much lighter weight. The impressed circular mark appears alone on some very richly colored, clearly printed, and beautifully drawn pieces decorated with spirited marine views and clear and graceful shell borders. These were evidently made for the American market, for on all of them appears prominently a full-rigged ship bearing the American flag; yet they cannot be classed as “American views.” The names given to some of these views are “A Ship of the Line on the Downs,” “In a Full Breeze,” “Christianeburg,” “Danish Settlement on the Gold Coast, Africa,” “York Minster.” The name “Wood,” alone, appears impressed, and often accompanied by an impressed crescent. The date of this mark is apparently about 1818, when the firm was no longer Wood & Caldwell, and Enoch Wood’s sons had not been taken into partnership. All the pieces with this stamp are rich in color and clear in outline, as if the dies or plates were fresh and new. The mark “E. W. & S.” on lighter-blue pieces I have also fancied stood for E. Wood & Sons. A circular stamp, impressed, of a crown, surrounded by words “A. Stevenson, Warranted Staffordshire.” This stamp appears with a mark printed in blue of an eagle holding a tablet, with the name of the view on the face of the plate; or sometimes with a blue printed mark of an urn festooned with drapery, on which is printed the name of the view, which is usually of an English scene. The Cobridge Works were erected in 1808, were owned for a few years by Bucknall & Stevenson, and afterward by A. Stevenson alone. The works were closed in 1819, hence pieces bearing this mark can have the date quite definitely assigned. The circular mark is given by Chaffers as appearing once on a painted faïence plate. The impressed mark of name Stevenson in capital letters is found on many “American historical pieces,” usually on plates with a beautiful vine-leaf border and white impressed edge.