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May 07, 2013

Porcelain and Pottery Marks Explained

Pottery marks sometimes can seem like a frighteningly huge subject to tackle, but never fear, your online guide is here to help you through!

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Mar 26, 2013

Two Blue Leaves Mystery Pottery Mark on brown/cream fluted vase with hand painted roses

Two Blue Leaves Mystery Pottery Mark on brown/cream fluted vase with hand painted roses:- I have searched and searched and never came close to finding

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Mar 26, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - "GTC" in triangle on bright yellow and red on art studio thrown pitcher jug

Pottery Mark Query - GTC in triangle on bright yellow and red on art studio thrown pitcher jug:- I'm from Québec, Canada, and I'm searching everywhere

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Mar 24, 2013

Back Stamp Query - 'Italy' Capo-di-Monte Trinket Box crown pottery mark with letters GNC inside a diamond

Back Stamp Query - 'Italy' Capo-di-Monte Trinket Box crown pottery mark with letters GNC inside a diamond:- I have been trying to identify this little

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Mar 24, 2013

Pottery mark query - Mason's Ironstone - Angled Crown Patent Ironstone

Pottery mark query - Mason's Ironstone - Angled Crown Patent Ironstone:- Hi there! I have recently been able to 'go through' some of my late great aunt's

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Mar 21, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - Blue 5 point crown with T symbol inside circle underneath and number 5074

Pottery Mark Query - Blue 5 point crown with T symbol inside circle underneath and number 5074:- Hello, I have been given this biscuit/cracker barrel

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Mar 19, 2013

Royal Vienna Porcelain Vase Wing Pottery Mark in Red/Brown Saying Austria

Royal Vienna Porcelain Vase Wing Pottery Mark in Red/Brown Saying Austria, Help! I love the challenge of identifying a backstamp, but this one has gotten

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Mar 16, 2013

Hispania hand incised pottery mark and the initials v.c.

Hispania hand incised pottery mark and the initials v.c.:- I have what I am suspecting to be a VERY OLD piece of German porcelain. It is a figurine of

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Mar 16, 2013

Antique Appraisers Have To Be Vetted and Highly Qualified

Antique appraisers glean their knowlegde by 'doing'. Many of the Antiques Roadshow experts have an auctionAntique appraisers glean their knowledge by 'doing'. Many of the Antiques eering background.

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Mar 16, 2013

How to Sell Antiques & Collectibles At Auction Houses

Find out how to sell antiques and collectibles at your local auction house. This is the old fashioned, unplugged, acoustic, real life version of ebay selling. Try it - it's fun!

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Mar 16, 2013

Antique Auctions - How To Use Them To Sell Your Heirloom (and Collectible) China

Specialist antique auctions play an important role for the person wanting to sell thier wares without using eBay.

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Mar 16, 2013

Antiques Collectibles - The Costs of Selling at Auction

Antiques collectibles - Find out the charges you will have to pay if you choose to sell them at an auction saleroom

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Mar 16, 2013

The Antiques Roadshow Valuations - Who Does What Online?

TV's Antiques Roadshow valuations are now officially 'sexy', so says Lady Ga Ga. But where can you get an online version of this love drug experience?

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Mar 15, 2013

Rabbit on cabbage leaf from Bassano region of Italy

Rabbit on cabbage leaf from Bassano region of Italy:- Hello, Peter. I have a piece of Bassano Italian pottery that was imported by the Meiselman Corporation.

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Mar 15, 2013

Marked '1779' - A pair of pierced porcelain plates signed AW. S. 5/79 MX

Marked '1779' - A pair of pierced porcelain plates signed AW. S. 5/79 MX:- I have two 1779 pierced heavy paste porcelain plates one with Scottish thistle

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Mar 15, 2013

Blue Crown pottery mark above Initials TC or JC on white ceramic rhino - is this Tiffany?

Blue Crown pottery mark above Initials TC or JC on white ceramic rhino - is this Tiffany?:- The item in question is a white porcelain rhinoceros that

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Mar 15, 2013

Pottery mark query JG above B inside a heart also incised K

Pottery mark query JG above B inside a heart also incised K:- I was on a visit to Melbourne, (1500 kilometres from home?) to attend my eldest sons wedding

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Mar 14, 2013

Pair of Vases - Pottery identification problem - "5419 T", "England"

Pair of Vases - Pottery identification problem - 5419 T, England:- Hello there, i have a pair of vases i am struggling to identify. I am really hoping

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Mar 14, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - Crown above Fluer de Lis

Pottery Mark Query - Crown above Fluer de Lis:- Hi, I certainly hope you all can help me out. My mother recently gave me what is left of my great-grandmother's

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Mar 14, 2013

Beehive/Vienna Shield - Ackermann Fritze pottery mark or not??

Beehive/Vienna Shield - Ackermann Fritze pottery mark or not??:- My parents have just given me this beautiful vase but they do not know anything about

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Mar 14, 2013

Stapled Chinese/Japanese Bowl - Orange rim and details also with pink, blue, yellow and brown accents

Stapled Chinese/Japanese Bowl - Orange rim and details also with pink, blue, yellow and brown accents:- This Chinese Bowl was donated to the Habitat for

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Mar 14, 2013

Antique China Values - How To Easily Value Your Wares

Antique china values are not such a difficult thing to attain nowadays. Find out more .....

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Mar 14, 2013

Period Figurines with a cursive hand-written'W' mark

Period Figurines with a cursive hand-written'W' mark:- This pair of porcelain figurines was dropped off here at Habitat for Humanity Home Store in Naples,

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Mar 13, 2013

Old Pitcher with Floral Decoration and Unknown CIrcle, Crown, Belt and Leaf & Branch Swag Pottery Mark

Old Pitcher with Floral Decoration and Unknown CIrcle, Crown, Belt and Leaf & Branch Swag Pottery Mark:- Hello, my name is Anthony and I live in Scotland

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Mar 13, 2013

Blue X Mark on the bottom of handmade pottery

Blue X Mark on the bottom of handmade pottery:- I recently purchased a Vase or Urn at an estate sale auction. It is obviously older as were most of the

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Mar 13, 2013

POTTERY MARK QUERY – POSSIBLY AN L AND AN R COMBINED?

POTTERY MARK QUERY – POSSIBLY AN L AND AN R COMBINED?:_ Hi I have a miniature cup and saucer and I’d love to be able to identify the mark and which country

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Mar 13, 2013

pottery mark showing a triangle with an n inside of it

pottery mark showing a triangle with an n inside of it|:- my husband and i were garage selling and found this coffee/tea pot,we thought it was a saki

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Mar 13, 2013

Porcelain Pottery Mark J S on oil lamp bottom

Porcelain Pottery Mark J S on oil lamp bottom:- This mark is on the bottom of a Paris Porcelain Oil Lamp. Not sure what it means. J/S. I have a white

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Mar 13, 2013

French Gravy Boat?

French Gravy Boat? :- I have a gravy boat that I'm not even sure where it came from. It has been stuck back in a kitchen pantry for quite a while. Could

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Mar 13, 2013

Brazos Santiago, TX saucer fragment.

Brazos Santiago, TX saucer fragment.:- This fragment was found last week at the civil war era site of Brazos Santiago in south Texas. This site is within

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Mar 13, 2013

xT pottery mark - asian symbol on Japanese (?) baluster vase

xT pottery mark - asian symbol on Japanese (?) baluster vase:- My wife and i were doing some back to school shopping at a local thrift store when she

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Mar 12, 2013

Chinese Pottery Mark Query - red lettering on turquoise base - pink and blue double urn

Chinese Pottery Mark Query - red lettering on turquoise base - pink and blue double urn:- Hi there, My name is Alison and I live in Bedfordshire UK.

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Mar 12, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - Plain Thick Blue Capital "H" - incised "V"

Pottery Mark Query - Plain Thick Blue Capital H - incised V:- I picked up this beautiful vase at a church sale this past weekend and though I have scoured

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Mar 12, 2013

Unintelligible Red Mark with 1C on children's teapot and tea set

Unintelligible Red Mark with 1C on children's teapot and tea set:- Hi, I have a child's tea set that I bought from a yard sale some years ago. It seems

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Mar 12, 2013

2 items - A Vienna Style Plate with black & gold pottery mark, and cup with an H and duck OR chicken backstamp

2 items - A Vienna Style Plate with black & gold pottery mark, and cup with an H and duck OR chicken backstamp:- The first item I would like to know something

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Mar 12, 2013

Demi Cup F&M7 and Blue scrolled N over Dresden

Demi Cup F&M7 and Blue scrolled N over Dresden:- Hello!!! I am looking for some help in identifying another demi cup and saucer backstamp. I purchased

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Mar 11, 2013

Porcelain Mark Query - Crown above crossed lines with B S E - How Can We Date this backstamp?

Porcelain Mark Query - Crown above crossed lines with B S E - How Can We Date this backstamp?:- Hello, My wife recently bought very nice-looking porcelain

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Mar 11, 2013

Pottery mark query, dogs face and unknown signature

Pottery mark query, dogs face and unknown signature:- Hi, We just recently moved to Washington state because my husbands mother had brain cancer. She

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Mar 11, 2013

Japan Pottery Mark Query - Cherry Blossom Motif in Red with "N" inside

Japan Pottery Mark Query - Cherry Blossom Motif in Red with N inside:- We just found this website and already we love it! We collect small china pieces,

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Mar 11, 2013

Variation of Standard Royal Worcester mark on stag head vase

Variation of Standard Royal Worcester mark on stag head vase:- I am puzzled about this large stag-head vase (12 tall) that I bought recently at an antiques

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Mar 11, 2013

MADE IN ITALY T.K.C TX/?B

Large brightly colored ceramic cat MADE IN ITALY T.K.C TX/?B:- Hello and thank you for taking the time to view my beautiful piece of pottery. I have

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Mar 11, 2013

Set of 4 blue oriental characters on two similar blue Chinese jars

Set of 4 blue oriental characters on two similar blue Chinese jars:- There has been a lot of disagreement about these two jars and I am hoping someone

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Mar 11, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - small green cream pitcher with bowl with pottery marks of a Moon over Hills or Initials Bo

Pottery Mark Query - small green cream pitcher with bowl with pottery marks of a Moon over Hills or Initials Bo :- I recently had an opportunity to go

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Mar 04, 2013

Chinese or not Chinese -- that is the question! (Japanese?)

Chinese or not Chinese -- that is the question! (Japanese?):- I am Sue, a 58 year old grandmother that enjoys spending her weekends looking for bargains.

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Mar 04, 2013

Germany China Mark Query - Crown over O and X

Germany China Mark Query - Crown over O and X:- We picked up these 6 plates at an auction in January thinking we could identify the mark as we have been

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Feb 21, 2013

Pottery Mark Query - J.M France

French Inkwell - hand lettered script mark J.M France, orange with oval painting of fruit (pineapple, grapes, etc.) in tall, stemmed bowl. This little

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Feb 21, 2013

Porcelain Shoes with N Crown Query

Porcelain Shoes with N Crown Query:- Hello, how are you all, I am from Australia and I am so happy I found this website in my travels through cyberspace.

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Feb 21, 2013

China Mark Query - "Red dot in red semi-circle" on old floral cup and saucer

China Mark Query - Red dot in red semi-circle on old floral cup and saucer:- Hi, thank you in advance for the help. I am a newbie to the porcelain identification

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Jan 22, 2013

Potclay 1150 Modelling Clay (and other) Questions

Hi Peter, I have been reading your website. I am in the process of setting up to sculpt some figurines like the one attached. I am going to order some

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