Blue Arrow Pottery Mark on Plain White Glazed Pair of Dancing Bears

by Gerry
(Edinburgh, Scotland)

Blue Arrow Pottery Mark on Plain White Glazed Pair of Dancing Bears:- It`s a piece I bought as part of an auction lot. It is plain, white, glazed, and is shows a pair of bears "embracing." Dimensions are 5 inches tall and 5 inches wide. The mark is printed rather fuzzily in dark blue, and could represent a decorative arrow. It is just over half an inch long. The photo is rather blurred, but was the best I could get, given the state of the printing.

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Peter (admin) says about :- "Blue Arrow Pottery Mark on Plain White Glazed Pair of Dancing Bears" query

Hi Gerry

It's a shame you didn't organize an upload of the sculpt photo as well as the mark because there is a possibility you really have something here. Shame!

Also always use the 'macro' setting when photographing close-ups of the mark.

In all cases submitters wanting to benefit from useful comments on this public forum must show a picture of their wares as well as their mark.

On pieces like this the quality of the sculpt tells all.

In 19th Century Thuringia there was a tradition of superbly sculpted and beautifully produced white ware either glazed or parian ware (white unglazed porcelain with very fine detailing).

The Germanic sculpting of this period is so exquisite it is instantly recognisable and could not be reproduced later unless the original molds were somehow used.

I have looked up this single mark and there is no maker obvious to me, but I am no expert in this field. I did see one other single arrow pottery mark, but it was not quite the same, and this mark was also classified as 'unidentified maker'.

The parian pieces can fetch up to $1000 dollars and more depending on quality, rarity and fineness.

You say yours is glazed, but very typical are parian pieces - biscuit (unglazed) porcelain with a matt appearance used for smaller sculptures. Biscuit porcelain known as bisque or parian.

You can click here to access this pottery mark identification and valuation service

Hope this helps.

Peter (admin)

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