Marks and backstamps on porcelain and pottery.
Porcelain manufacturer ceramic pottery mark identification.
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For any piece of fine china the porcelain mark is a symbol of pride in the manufacturer s workmanship.
Pottery marks identification a tricky task at the best of times just got easier with a little help from your friends.
Some show a date of 1755 which refers to earlier bonn pottery manufacturers rather than the date a piece was made.
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The marks on pottery and porcelain are of three kinds factory workman and pattern mark.
The following sites include reproductions of ceramic marks which can be freely accessed.
Our website includes marks stamps chops and or signatures etc usually found on the bottom of ceramic objects created by potters ceramic artists and sculptors.
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Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china.
Thefirst is usually placed in a prominent position sometimes accompanied by the mark of the maker or decorator.
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Serving as both evidence of its origin age and often times quality the makers mark on a porcelain item is the first place many collectors look before making a purchase.
Pottery marks identification is made easy and fun with this one stop interactive site.
If we have additional information on the pottery mark or piece you can click the image to open that section.
Scan the index of this pottery marks identification guide to help you identify your pottery or porcelain.
Many of the works of royal copenhagen s artists were also produced under the aluminia name actually aluminia had purchased royal copenhagen est 1863 in 1882 and produced under both names until 1969 when the aluminia name was dropped.
Sévres porcelain for instance often having four or five workmen s marks besides that of the factory.
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Nils thorsson was artistic director of royal copenhagen from 1949 1975.
Mark of franz anton mehlem s pottery made in bonn germany.
Pottery marks identification made easy.
The first mark is from aluminia.
Every collector knows that the quickest way to identify a piece of pottery or porcelain is to identify the mark but sometimes it s unreliable because marks are often forged and changed this is a listing of the better known marks and backstamps and enough information so that you can learn more about your porcelains.
