Ceramic Pottery Marks

Initial marks used by british potters a simple guide to understanding the basics of the marks and dates on the underside of pottery.

Ceramic pottery marks.

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. Porcelain and pottery marks porcelain and pottery marks. Balleroy et cie marks. We welcome your feedback on the website its search functions and appearance.

It can be difficult for a novice collector to be sure whether they are looking at an authentic or fraudulent maker s mark. General guide to ceramic marks dating. 1910 to 1915 by fulper pottery co. See more ideas about pottery porcelain pottery marks.

Alba iulia apulum marks. Bac et perigault marks. Porcelain and china ware marks the earliest porcelain mark in the history of european production is the monogrammed meissen ar mark which stands for augustus rex sometimes known as augustus the strong. This was the first mark fulper in a rectangle used by this company using the hobo typeface.

Many potteries used letters and initials to identify their ware this is an alphabetic listing of the initials used and the companies they correspond to. Antique pottery marks can usually be found on the bottom of a piece of pottery and used to identify the potter. 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. Ackermann fritze marks.

Learning the unique signature of each manufacturer takes time but is certainly worth the effort.