Researching Shelley - Registered Numbers

A registered number was allocated to Wileman/Shelley for each design submitted to the Patents Office. The number is usually six digits long but can be less. It is normally preceded by 'Rd'. The information has been sourced from the Board of Trade Records, National Archives (Kew) and the British Library (London). The following list is not complete but lists the known registered numbers for the Wileman and Shelley Companies.

NOTES

• Wileman and Shelley registered designs for either the shape or the pattern or a combination of both e.g. Intarsio.
  
• The original combined shape and patterned numbers were often used on later ware with the pattern on a different shape or the shape with a different pattern.
  
• This list is from the original registrations which do not record either pattern or shape number - this information was added from actual pieces and books.
  
• Total listed - 469 (4 were registered by Mabel Lucie Attwell and may not have been produced; 87 Maps and 1 is a patent number; 378 Wileman/Shelley)
  
• Map Patterns were registered by A.J.Potts but the ware was produced by Wileman and Shelley and are included in this list.