Due to Wade re-issuing various models at different times, it is not unusual to find that some pieces have up to three different types of pottery mark on it. Pottery marks are usually found on the base of the model. A lot of the Wade whimsies however had their Wade England backstamp placed along the rim of the figure instead. In the case of models with thin legs without sufficient space for even a label they would be packed in boxes with  "Wade England"  clearly on them as identifying marks. As with labels boxes soon became separated from the models once more leaving these Wade models hard to identify.

Two of the earliest ink stamp Wade pottery marks used by Wade and Company on their teapots, and vases dates back to the 1920s. The first is worded  "Wade & Co. Wades England"  on three separate lines of text and is believed to have been used in the late 1900s to the mid 1920s.

The second ink stamp incorporates a picture of a line between the words Wades above and England below. This Wade pottery mark was used from the mid 1920s until 1927. Sometimes it is possible to find a Wade model with three or four different types of backstamp. As new moulds were made to replace broken or worn ones a different pottery mark would sometimes be used on the new mould resulting in one model with different backstamps.

Occasionally if you look at the base of a Wade model along with the now familiar backstamp you may find other pottery marks such as numbers, words or letters. Sometimes these numbers signified the order of the item produced and at others they identified the decorator of the piece, the potters mark or the version number.

It is not always the case that items with a Wade pottery mark stating Wade England means that it was actually made at an English Wade pottery, as it was usual for the different Wade potteries to help each other out in times of demand. This means that many so named English Wade models are actually Irish Wade and were produced by Wade in Ireland.

It has been reported that the First Whimsies collection dating back to the 1950s was actually produced at the Irish Wade potteries. However the pieces are all backstamped  "Wade England" .