Marked Ceramic Numbered 1688

Italian pottery gained popularity during the renaissance period and wares carrying such names as capodimonte bitossi maiolica and deruta are regarded as some of the finest in design and quality.

Marked ceramic numbered 1688.

The range of moorcroft pottery marks begins with william moorcroft s time at the mackintyre pottery and covers the 100 year history of design and ownership by william his son walter moorcroft other more current owners and marks of artists and designers from the moorcroft design studio. I collect antique pottery so i have felt the pangs of frustration firsthand when attempting to identify a piece of pottery. Mark of franz anton mehlem s pottery made in bonn germany. All of these added marks can be confusing for the person trying to identify a given piece.

At first glance they look the same but if you look closely you can see that some have a number at the right hand corner and some have a letter. Antique porcelain collectors scrutinize ceramic marks before making a purchase to make sure the item is genuine and therefore very valuable. Dating royal doulton products from their doulton marks means you sometimes have to check very carefully. Identification values by dick sigafoose.

Factors other than the doulton mark can help in more accurate dating particularly pattern names and. A number of marks were used by this manufacturer most including the initials fm a crown and the word bonn. Worcester inimitationofdresden hpyblua177 sppblue173 hppblue hppblue1712 sppblue1753 circularmarks. There are two ranges of year codes.

Check your local library for books on collecting and the history of american pottery including art pottery of america by lucile henzke and american art pottery. Learn what the identifying marks weight color glaze and foot can tell you about the origin of marked and numbered pottery. See more ideas about pottery porcelain pottery marks. A few real life samples of genuine moorcroft pottery marks.

2 what year range is the mark from. This practise of applying stamped four character qianlong nian zhi marks was especially common on porcelain decorated in hong kong during the 1960s and 70s but is in no way limited to this period. Royal doulton marks base marks pattern codes and trade marks. The doulton marks are many and varied but most follow the same theme.

Many marks contain extra letters numbers and strange symbols along with the name of the country of origin.