Manufacturer of earthenware, ironstone at the Stoke Works, Church Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, England

• Stephen Folch was in partnership with Charles Scott - The business traded as Folch & Sons. There are no known marks which include Scott although a 1822 directory records 'Folch & Scott' Pigot & Co's 1822/3 Directory of Staffordshire.

• Around November 1821 Charles Scott was declared bankrupt and left the business.

• Scott died in September 1822 - Charles Scott, late of firm Folch & Scott was recorded as "drowned, young". The Staffordshire Advertiser, 14 September 1822. (Pottery references in the Staffordshire Advertiser 1795-1865; Rodney Hampson).

• By 1829 the business had stopped trading and the works were advertised to let - "Stoke, 4-oven earthenware manufactory later held by Stephen Folch to let, & utensils & house, apply Duffort, surgeon, Stoke". The Staffordshire Advertiser, 23 May 1829.

The mark comprises an elaborate version of the Royal Arms with the Prince of Wales' Feathers behind and the motto 'Ich Dien' (I Serve)

Stephen Folch used the arms of the Prince of Wales before he became George IV in January 1820 -  Folch continued to use the Prince of Wales' mark even after he became king.

The arms are the Royal Coat of Arms and can be dated as pre-1837. For the house of Hanover, there was an escutcheon overall (centre shield).