German Ceramic Marks Identification

Mark of franz anton mehlem s pottery made in bonn germany.

German ceramic marks identification. Tips and tricks for identifying and dating east and west german pottery. Search for the mark in porcelain reference books or on the internet. A number of marks were used by this manufacturer most including the initials fm a crown and the word bonn. West german pottery comes in some hugely distinctive shapes styles and colour schemes that are unique to.

West and east german pottery marks and identification. What is west german pottery. These sites have german porcelain makers listed alphabetically and by city and contain pictures of hundreds of marks. 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.

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. 31 is attributed to the bayreuth workshop of j. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. Sorry for the shortcomings in the meantime but i think you ll find it worthwhile.

Two good sites are porcelain marks and more and ceramic link. West german pottery of the 1960s to 1970s is often glazed in eye popping colours. Manufacturers sometimes imprint or paint with glaze an identifying mark to distinguish their pottery from the one made by their competitors. Updates should be happening several times a day until finished.

Use books to identify bavarian china and porcelain backstamps. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc. This page is undergoing massive revision.

The weight of authority holds that no porcelain manufactory ever existed at bayreuth in the 18th century. Marks and backstamps on porcelain and pottery. Belgium china denmark france germany great britain ireland. Aelteste volkstedt logo 1762 png 1 100 1 473.

Identify the manufacturer s mark usually found on the bottom of the pottery piece. Identify a mark by shape. Media in category porcelain marks of germany the following 117 files are in this category out of 117 total. The following sites include reproductions of ceramic marks which can be freely accessed.

Some show a date of 1755 which refers to earlier bonn pottery manufacturers rather than the date a piece was made. Please choose the country of interest from the list below.