German Ceramic Marks Identification

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German ceramic marks identification.

Use books to identify bavarian china and porcelain backstamps. Tips and tricks for identifying and dating east and west german pottery. Two good sites are porcelain marks and more and ceramic link. The weight of authority holds that no porcelain manufactory ever existed at bayreuth in the 18th century.

The following sites include reproductions of ceramic marks which can be freely accessed. Mark of franz anton mehlem s pottery made in bonn germany. Please choose the country of interest from the list below. Media in category porcelain marks of germany the following 117 files are in this category out of 117 total.

Identify the manufacturer s mark usually found on the bottom of the pottery piece. Search for the mark in porcelain reference books or on the internet. West and east german pottery marks and identification. Identify a mark by shape.

Marks and backstamps on porcelain and pottery. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. A number of marks were used by this manufacturer most including the initials fm a crown and the word bonn. 31 is attributed to the bayreuth workshop of j.

The specialized source for german bohemian and austrian porcelain marks is by rontgen. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. West german pottery is a name given to pottery made in west germany during the 50s 60s and 70s an era viewed as something of a golden age of ceramics where potters experimented with colour glaze and shape. Updates should be happening several times a day until finished.

Sorry for the shortcomings in the meantime but i think you ll find it worthwhile. Some skillful decorators hausmaler painted on meissen porcelain at that time. Some show a date of 1755 which refers to earlier bonn pottery manufacturers rather than the date a piece was made. Belgium china denmark france germany great britain ireland.

West german pottery comes in some hugely distinctive shapes styles and colour schemes that are unique to. These sites have german porcelain makers listed alphabetically and by city and contain pictures of hundreds of marks. West german pottery of the 1960s to 1970s is often glazed in eye popping colours. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc.

The library of congress gives a list of books including kovels dictionary of marks and kovels new dictionary of marks miller s has a pottery and porcelain marks book too. This page is undergoing massive revision.