Milton?

Hi there
I'm new here and need your help... I've had this vase for over 30 years and have never been able to find any info on it... I just want to find out the age and maker...it says Milton but when I look for Milton on Google a single M mark is the only one I can find and I have no idea what the yellow sign means... Any info will help me... Jessye x

Milton is the design name. We have had a lot of these on the forum.
1930s staffordshire, cold-painted, almost never marked
Check out Brentleigh ware, Embossa Ware etc.

Thank you.... Your right definitely looks like brentleigh ware still can't find a date but will keep looking... Thanks again xx

As DD says it is 1930s. These cold painted wares made in Staffordshire were inexpensive to produce and were made when Art Deco had become popular in this country to sell to the less well off.

Therefore the best guess that you are going to get for this and wares like it is that they were produced mostly between 1934 and 1936. Production would have continued in lower quantities until 1939.

The yellow mark is a quality control mark put on by the painter, so that when the quality of the work was checked in the factory any blame for poor work could be directed at the correct worker.

Looking at the font used for 'Milton' and the amount of paint flaking I'd suggest Ellgreave.

Could, or should, the colour be restored?

Apart from as a theraputic excersise, as they have little value.