W Ceramic Mark

North staffordshire pottery marks.

W ceramic mark.

Index of potters initials. The full variety is overwhelming. Identifying a mark on a piece of pottery or porcelain is often the first step in researching the value of these antique and collectible pieces. Red anchor mark from red anchor period 1752 1756.

The mark used on items produced with old fraureuth molds. Enter at least 3 consecutive letters of the signature. List of stoke on trent potters. For more details and other examples of marks for potters with the initial w click here.

This is only a small sample of the companies and only a few of the bases they used. German pottery which is why these are only tips and tricks. Remember that there are few absolutes with e. Stoke on trent the north staffordshire potteries the initials of other uk potters are included for completeness initials used as pottery trade marks w.

For your own reference book on potters marks there is no better book than goddens encyclopaedia of british pottery and porcelain marks. Just how companies marked the items what clay they used lettering style numbering systems all varied at times. Wade pottery mark c1957 onwards gerbing stephan g st c1861 to 1900 louis majorelle makers mark staffordshire porcelain knot mark taxile doat mark on sevres porcelain m co mark minton c1841 to 1873 real life examples of royal crown derby marks from our antiques collection. Rare mark in under glaze blue c 1756 1759.

This guide provides marks found on both antique and contemporary collectible pottery and porcelain from the united states and other countries and includes dating information and a brief history relating. Amanual ormarks potteryandporcelain adictionaryofeasyreference by w h hooperandw c phillips uontion macmillanandco. Gold anchor mark of gold anchor period 1756 1759. Porcelain factories sprang up each with its own artists patterns and marks cranking out the hardest and among the most prized porcelains in the world.

Limoges porcelain refers to a town and region about 229 miles southwest of paris where deposits of kaolin a key mineral used for fine porcelain were discovered in the late 18th century. Crown w 1763 fraureuth 1919 1926 mark. Incised mark c 1745 1750.