A collection of pottery marks using photos and images from our antique collection for easy reference and as a quick guide to the possible attribution of your latest porcelain collectible or pottery marks.
Image of k trade mark on ceramic.
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Image 0906 60b decorator mark p m k including a small bavaria above the term handausgemalt.
The object of a ceramic trade mark was to enable at least the retailer to know the name of the manufacturer of the object so that re orders etc can be correctly addressed.
Such clear name marks.
When repairing ceramic objects knowing it s origin and value is important prior to proceeding with investing in a repair.
Lion shield crown mark e r mark etc.
The following sites include reproductions of ceramic marks which can be freely accessed.
The mark is in gold and the picture angle caused this funny color.
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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.
The marks listed below are grouped as far as was possible in a logical order with similar signs graphics shapes etc grouped together.
A free and independent directory of contemporary and historical ceramics individually selected for inclusion marks and backstamps on porcelain and pottery.
Pieces marked with the made in england stamp were produced in the 20th century following the mckinley tariff act of 1890.
For your own reference book on potters marks there is no better book than goddens encyclopaedia of british pottery and porcelain marks.
Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china.
Why the marks are important.
In the case of the larger firms the mark also has publicity value and shows the buyer that the object was made by a long established firm with a reputation to uphold.
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Pottery bearing the mark of the british royal arms indicates that it was created since the 19th century.