Beatrix Potter Backstamps

1. Beatrix Potter in upper case type. Character’s name in Italic script, sometimes within quotation marks.  Can occur with *copyright*in italic script.
2. Beatrix Potter in upper case type. Character’s name in upper case type within quotation marks.
3. Beatrix Potter and Character’s name in handwritten style script.
4. Beatrix Potter in upper case type, Character’s name in Script From 1961.
5. Beatrix Potter in upper case type, Character’s name in lower case type.Can occur with Beatrix Potter in slanted type – From 1971.
6. Beatrix Potter in upper case type, Character’s name in upper case type – From 1971 – 1972

BP3        Beswick Brown Line – The words *Beswick* and *England* appear in brown either in a straight line or with *Beswick* atop *England* depending on the shape and size of the base –Issued 1973 – 1988

•               BP3a               line 1 – BEATRIX POTTER*S with apostrophe S
                                     line 2 – Character Name within quotations
                                     line 3 – F Warne & Co. Ltd.
                                     line 4 – Copyright with no date
                                     line 5 – BESWICK ENGLAND
                                     Issued 1973 – 1974

•              BP3b      The same as BP3a apart from:
                                     line 4 – ©  Copyright with date
                                     Issued 1974 – 1985
•              BP3c             line 1 – BEATRIX POTTER with no S
                                                line 2 – Character Name within quotations line
                                                line 3 – ©  F. Warne & Co. (date)
                                     line 4 – Licensed by Copyrights
                                     line 5 – BESWICK ENGLAND
                                     Issued 1985 – 1988 

BP5       Royal Albert Gold Crown – The Backstamp was now changed from Doulton/Beswick to Royal Albert.  To mark this significant change the gold backstamp was once again used for just one year.
                                          line 1 – The Royal Albert Crown in Gold
                                          line 2 – ROYAL ALBERT (R)
                                          line 3 – England
                                          line 4 – Character Name
                                          line 5 – Beatrix Potter
                                          line 6 – © F. Warne & Co. 1948
                                          line 7 – © 1989 ROYAL ALBERT LTD
                                          Issued in 1989 only

•               BP6a – Small Brown Crown – This was used on the figures that were of standard size. It was issued in 1989 and was used on 90 figurines.  For small based figures there was a variation without the crown

•              BP6b – Large Brown Crown – This was issued in 1993 and was used on ten figurines.

•                BP8a – General Backstamp – Issued for a very short period of time in 1998, the brown script may turn out to be the rarest of the Beatrix Potter backstamps as it is only found on 2 figures.
•               BP8b – 50th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter Figures at Beswick – Issued in 1997 for the 50th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter Figurine production at the John Beswick Studios on Longton in 1997.
•               BP8c – Limited Edition Backstamp – This backstam is a modification of BP8a and it was designed for use on limited edition figurines.

•               BP9a – 100th Anniversary of John Beswick Studios – This backstamp was issued in 1994 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Beswick studios.   It was only available on Jemima Puddle-Duck.
•               BP9b – General Backstamp – This Gold Beswick Ware backstamp was used between 1997 and 1998 on small sized figures issued with gold accents
•               BP9c – Limited Edition Backstamp – This is a modified BP9b and appears on large sized figurines which were issued by Lawleys between 1997 and 2000.    
•               BP9d – Peter Rabbit and Friends Limited Editions – This is also a modification of the BP9b backstamp and was used on limited edition figures with gold accents which were issued by Peter Rabbit and Friends,

•               BP10a – General Backstamp Issue – This backstamp was used on 27 Figurines.
•               BP10b – Beswick Black Arch – A modification was necessary as there was a restriction on the base of some figurines.
                               This backstamp was used on 14 figures.
•               BP10c – Beswick Black Circle – This is also a modified version of BP10a because of base restriction and was used on 8 figures.
•               BP10d – Peter Rabbit and Friends Limited Editions – This backstamp is a gold version of BP10a and was used on the limited edition figurine Sweet Peter Rabbit which was commissioned by Peter Rabbit and Friends.

•                 BP11a – General Backstamp Issue – This backstamp was used on 9 figurines.   Satin Glaze was also used on another six  figurines.  These six also have the words ‘SATIN FINISH’ arranged in a circle on a paper sticker.