chrysanthemum plate with crown pottery mark and monogram of entwined lines with L W

by Jeanne
(Isle of Wight UK)

chrysanthemum plate with crown pottery mark and monogram of entwined lines with L W: We have a chrysanthemum plate with crown pottery mark and monogram of entwined lines with L W:- This is a plate that has been donated to our Hospice for sale. It always makes a difference if we can identify a piece and add a little information. The printed mark. There are also impressed marks. 4 and IT (although this may be MT with a poorly impressed M). There are also painted nos. 2819 & 79. The plate has a very naturalistic decoration of single chrysanthemums, hand painted onto a transfer.

Thanks for any help,

Jeanne.

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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- chrysanthemum plate with crown pottery mark and monogram of entwined lines with L W

Hi Jeanne

Many thanks for your photos.

The maker is ‘Imperial Wessel’ (Ludwig Wessel), Poppelsdorf, Bonn, 1755 - 1970. They made faience wares as well as luxury porcelain and also utility wares.

On my site you can get more fascinating insights into ‘Imperial Wessel’ by going to the homepage and using the in-house search facility and using relevant search terms. I have two or three other submissions featuring their marks.


I notice the style of this marking is similar in look to the Russian Imperial porcelain mark of Alexander 11. Also, another German company, Volkstedt, designed a mark which looked similar. It must have been a fashion of the day, or maybe they just wanted the reflected glory of the luxury St Petersburg Romanov court porcelain (for marketing reasons). Incidentally, this famous Russian factory was later re-named Lomonosov by the Soviet regime in 1925 after the ceramic chemist.

However, I presume, the name 'Imperial' in the title of the company "Imperial Wessel" is attempting to be making reference to the Austrian Imperial family of Vienna, not the Russian Imperial court. As far as I know, none of the Vienna marks have any resemblance to the Alexander backstamp.

I am not exactly sure why a firm like Wessel would mix their devices in such a way. If an anyone happens to know, please post below.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Peter (admin)

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