Dating a Dresden plate

by Lee humphreys
(Banbury, Oxon UK)

Dating a Dresden plate:- I've been given this plate by my mother (I have no idea how she came by it but I know she has collected plates in the past) and I was interested to find out anything I could about it?

I've seen the Dresden crown online but nothing like this so far so unfortunately I haven't found a lot to go on.

Any help with dating / valuing this plate is greatly appreciated.

Regards

Lee

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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- Dating a Dresden plate

Hi Lee

Thanks for sharing your gorgeous plate and mark.

As you spotted, your mark is on that is typical of the Dresden style of decorating studios. I have written a fairly in depth explanation here:- The Dresden Porcelain Studios.

In terms of dating Dresden marks, the heyday of Dresden decorating studios was in the late 19th C to the early 20th century, so most examples around today are from that date. My guess would be yours is from that era too, but you would have to get that confirmed by experts.

What was happening in Dresden at that time was after the discovery of how to make Chinese hard-paste porcelain by Meissen in the early 18th century, there had been a slow and steady development of the porcelain industry in Dresden itself (the nearest big city to Meissen).


The white gold was the fashion and lots of decorating studios opened in the city to cater for the demand. These studios did not make the porcelain, they bought it in from the manufacturers. Your plate was made by one of these studios. Many records have vanished and there were over 200 of these decorators at one point, so identifying each studio is almost impossible today, or at least a very specialist area. Most expert appraisers would not give you the person whose stamp it is, they would merely just classify as 'Dresden' studio decorated ware and leave it at that.

In terms of value, the important thing is to see how much of the work is hand-painted and how much (if any) is transfer printed (look for dots with a magnifying glass).

The following page is a 'must see' if you are researching fine china - for value and identification:-

Researching the identity and value of antique and vintage fine china.

For those wanting a shortcut to the public forum ‘submit form’, in order to ask a query of their own, here is the submission form for this public pottery marks forum.

Best regards,

Peter (admin)

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