Topic: Jelly mould? needs an ID - ID = Wileman & Co

[a40ty]

Good morning everyone, hope you can help.
I inherited this from my grandmother and am curious to know of it's origins.It is 14 cms tall, 16 cms wide and 13? cms deep. It isn't very pretty but I reckon it would make quite cathedrally jellies 
It isn't possible to decifer the words above the stamp, other than the first word is "THE"

Hope to hear from you!

[Tigerchips]

It might be Wileman & Co (Shelley) as they made jelly moulds.

[Tigerchips]

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/w/wileman.html

[a40ty]

  

Thank you Tigerchips! It is indeed a Wileman & Co, although their jelly moulds were much prettier on the outside. Perhaps my grandmother bought a second or a fake  certainly looks like it..

[Tigerchips]

I have no knowledge of the way things are moulded but it's as if it's been pressed into a mould by hand from the outside, I'll have a look in some of my books to see if I can find anything similar.

[Tigerchips]

I think this would be called a 'Carlton' design. I have found plenty of Shelley Jelly moulds but none are mentioned to have the mark of Wileman & Co.  I have also seen a few similar to yours with the mould only on the inside, those ones date to the 19th century but I found no Shelley ones like this.

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170152979593

Millers says that the deep indentation on the top surface is an area for the cream to be poured over the top.

[Tigerchips]

The mark is for 1890 - 1910 according to this site.
http://www.shelley.co.uk/backstamps.html

The registration number dates the design to > 1904

[a40ty]

The mark is for 1890 - 1910 according to this site.
http://www.shelley.co.uk/backstamps.html

The registration number dates the design to > 1904

I had found the first link but the second, with the date... Thank you for going to so much trouble. It's really nice to know the age of something.

I think this would be called a 'Carlton' design. I have found plenty of Shelley Jelly moulds but none are mentioned to have the mark of Wileman & Co.  I have also seen a few similar to yours with the mould only on the inside, those ones date to the 19th century but I found no Shelley ones like this.

http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170152979593

Millers says that the deep indentation on the top surface is an area for the cream to be poured over the top.

I'm curious, or , more likely thick    And have never, ever  made a jelly. What do you think Millers mean by that?  Don't you just turn said jelly out of the mould and slosh the cream over it ?

If you ever find out anything about the outer surface, I'd really appreciate it.

[Lustrousstone]

More likely to give you somewhere to put a nice thick wodge of whipped cream and a few decorative bits and pieces without it all sliding down the sides

[a40ty]

Aha! Hadn't thought of that.. this one has only room for a serious dieter's ration of cream  and perhaps a single raspberry.. 

[Sue C]

I am begining to wonder if this was meant for meat's covered in aspic/ such as pressed ham? it may accoun t for the thick outer.