posted on September 4, 2005 08:11:14 PM new
Does anyone know the date that import items were required to be marked "Made in...." rather than just the name of the country? Thanks for help...
posted on September 4, 2005 08:29:31 PM new
I don't believe the U.S. Government has ever required durable goods to be identified as to country of origin with any specific language. The glaring exception, of course, is the requirement that items produced in Japan had to be marked "Occupied Japan" between 1946 and 1953. Likewise, items manufactured in Germany during the same period. They were marked "French Zone" or "American Zone" etc.
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posted on September 5, 2005 03:24:08 AM new
I believe this is what you may be looking for:
It was William McKinley (the 25th president of the USA) who introduced the highly protectionist McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 - this imposed tariffs on many imports (including pottery) in order to make it easier for the American manufacturers to sell their products. It was a requirement of this Act that all such imports carried the name of the country of manufacture.
This provided well-known marks such as "Bavaria," "England," "Nippon," - indicating the country of manufacture.
In 1921 the Act was amended to require the phrase "Made in" preceding the country of origin, The labeling at individual British potteries varies somewhat from the 1891/1921 dating requirements described above (e.g., Wedgwood adopted the "Made in England" around 1908/10 and may have used it on some pieces as early as 1898)
posted on September 5, 2005 06:53:26 AM new
one day 2 women came to our local printer and asked him to print up some labels saying made in Russia.
They said these vases are made in Mexico,but they will sell better if it said MADE IN RUSSIA.
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