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Filed on 1953-07-10, registered on 1955-05-17 as USPTO №·0606189.
The New York Merchandise Co., Inc. was a company which imported and distributed ready-made items from various unnamed manufacturers located in Japan. They specialized on relatively cheap tableware, miniature tea sets and figures, re-selling them under their Wales China brand. As far as I could find out, the company existed through the 1960s and closed around 1970. They never claimed the rights on first renewal of the marks, hence the registrations were later automatically removed from the USPTO registry.
Wales China stickers are sometimes found on items marked either with a printed or inmold (raised) crossed swords mark plus the printed addition "Bone China Lace". Like all other items that carry a Wales China sticker, they of course represent items created for the New York Merchandise Co., Inc. by another (unknown) company.
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Filed on 1953-07-10, registered on 1955-05-17 as USPTO №·0606189.
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Gold sticker with white overprint. "Wales" above "Japan", all above "Reg.U.S. Pat.Off.".
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No date known: tableware mark with "Wales China" above the series name "Golden Wheat" and "Japan".
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Filed on 1953-11-02, registered on 1956-01-03 as USPTO №·0618801.
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Gold sticker with black overprint. "Wales" above crown, all above "Made in Japan".
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Filed on 1956-04-10, registered on 1957-02-12 as USPTO reg. №·0641555.
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Simple basic red version: "hand painted" above a crown containing "Wales China", all above "Japan".
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Simple basic black version: "hand painted" above a crown containing "Wales China", all above "Japan".
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Regular red version: "hand painted" above a crown containing "Wales China", all above "Japan".
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Regular green version: "hand painted" above a crown containing "Wales China", all above "Japan".
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Gold sticker with blue print. "hand painted" above crown containing "Wales China", all above "Japan".
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Silver sticker with black overprint. "Wales" above crown and "Reg.U.S. Pat.Off.", all above "Made in Japan".
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Golden sticker with black overprint. "Wales" above crown and "Reg.U.S. Pat.Off.", all above "Made in Japan".
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Gold sticker with black overprint. "Wales" above crown and "Reg.U.S. Pat.Off.", all above "Made in Japan".
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Silver sticker with black overprint. "Wales" above crown and "Made in Japan", all above "Reg.U.S. Pat.Off.".
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Silver sticker with black overprint. "Wales"Wales ®"Wales" above crown, all above "Made in Japan".
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