Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

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Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

by Andres
(San Diego, CA.)

Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

Italian Ceramic Clown Figureine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle:- Found tall ceramic candle stick holder in the shape of a clown - dressed sitting down elephant. It has a pottery mark of a shield with a crown over it, all surrounded by garlands (wreath or laurel) and all inside a circle. Under the circle the word Italy. Who made it, when, I am guessing probably after 1945 because of the word Italy, i dont know.

Andres

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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

Hi Andres

Thanks for the picture and the interesting pottery mark submission.

I don't know Italian ceramics personally. There are various makers who make clown figurines - Belcari, Gumps, Zampiva etc, but I can't equate your mark with one of those.

Feel free to await an answer from someone else in this public forum who might know, but if you would like an expedited answer, go to my page here:-

www.figurines-sculpture.com/antique-china-values.html

This will allow you to see if the mark is identifiable by Italian experts without you having to pay any money upfront. This service is unique online and is designed to protect my site visitors from wasting their time and money online.

Sorry I can't help more. If anyone reading this has any relevant information, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Best regards,

Peter (admin)

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Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

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Ceramic Candle Stick Holder - crown shield and garland & elephant
by: Linda

I also found a candle stick holder of a elephant sitting on a throne with a similar mark of a crown shield and garland. All in white crown in on top shield an then garland. Didn't say Italy I thought possibly Chinese.

Elephant Shield Wreath Pottery Mark
by: Peter (admin)

Linda

Seemingly small details like this will really help us to crack this mystery mark. Thanks for your contribution.

Peter (admin)

I have the same mark
by: Napoli

italian vintage novelty candle holder

I have an old candle lantern with the same mark for a while now and cannot find the maker. At least now I know there are more out there.

Italian Ceramic Mark With Crown Wreath and Shield
by: Peter (admin)

Hi All

We need photos to help with this query. Could you guys please send me photos of your wares and I'll place the pics in for you.

Click here to e-mail me your pics
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If for some reason the above link is not working for you, then just copy and paste my address:-
peter@theclayartist.com

Be sure to tell me your name and that the pics are for inclusion with the "Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle" thread in the forum, otherwise I'll forget and get confused! (EASILY DONE!)

I want this one solved - it should be an easy one for anyone with knowledge of Italian ceramics.

One theory is that this mark is not that of a maker but a US importer - possibly based in the New York area. The importer would then may have been able to add an "Italy" mark to those items made there and left blank those items made in the Far East, see Linda's comment above.

If anyone knows more, please post.

Peter (admin)

More Clues on Italian Ceramic Clown Figurine Pottery Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle
by: Susan Williams

Hi Peter,

I was online looking for the maker of these figurines and I came across your page. As you can see I have a pair and they are political... elephant & donkey... red, white and blue stripes on hats. Mine are not candle holders... just figurines (although under the label on the hat it feels like it may have a cork... also back labels says "net contents 4/5 quart). They each have a paper label on the top of the hat, back of chair and bottom under the chair legs. The embossed mark on the bottom is the same as the one on your page, but mine does not say "ITALY".

The bottom label reads "Imported by Morand Brothers Beverage Co., Chicago, Ill. (USA). Would love to know if you have additional information since your post (could not find a date of post on your page).

Regards,

Susan

Mark With Shield Wreath and Crown in a Circle

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Peter (admin says):

Susan

Interesting new clues. I blew up the pic of the label and I think it says "Imported by Morano Brothers Beverage Co., Chicago, Ill. (USA)" Not "Morand". This would be more applicable to an Italian product.

You are right, to say this must be a wine bottle - look at the label closely and you can see it says "Chianti".

Where does this leave us?

We still don't know who to attribute the pottery mark - the shield, wreath and crown in a circle.

Is the Italian maker, or is it the importer's mark?

Many thanks for your contribution.

Peter

Sitting Elephant Wine bottle
by: Lettice

I also have this item. Just found it yesterday at a thrift store for $1.50. I momentarily thought it was a candle holder but with closer inspection believed it was a bottle. I really had no idea what I had found but was intrigued by it, I figured it was easily worth the cost!

I researched for hours on the internet and even browsed through a site with a 1000 page manual but found nothing until I came here. Mine looks very similar to Susan's except without the paper labels. Also my pottery mark does not say Italy...I took pictures to add but can't figure out how. I'm looking forward to learning more.
Thanks!

Follow Up
by: Andres (San Diego, CA)

Peter, Linda, Napoli, Susan and Lettice,

Hello! and thanks for all the posts, follow ups and research. I posted the original comment and pictures ages ago! I still have the elephant figure on my "unknown" box, it is probably the longest an item has been there. I also have gone through several pages of ceramic marks and have not found a match. I was shocked it is not a candle holder, but a bottle!. I makes more sense I guess. My item had no labes at all. I do hope we can figure this out some day.

I have one question, how can it be the mark of the importer and not the maker? They tell the maker upfront or what?

I keep on researching, thanks and good luck to all.

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The Forum Help Elf says:-

Hi Andres

Yes, we want to get to the bottom of this one too. I think we will. Sometimes it takes time, but like with many other mystery marks, we get there in the end. Why? Because Google starts to cherry pick all the searchers for this mark and sends them here - then as each person adds their own little contribution to the knowledge pool, we end up getting the answer in the end. Not instant gratification, but it matures, like a good wine, let's say.

Now talking of wine, how it could work is this. A distributor/wholesaler has an own brand label which supplies a certain sector. In this case we are talking about the Murano Bros. Because Morano Brothers Beverage Co., Chicago have a large customer base, they have the buying power to both create a special label and make contract orders to the Italian manufacturer which can be branded any way they choose because they have the minimum numbers required to dictate this.

Maybe it worked something like that. If someone knows exactly how the Morano Brothers Beverage Co of Chicago worked with this Italian maker, please contribute.

H.E.

Sitting donkey
by: Marilyn Simon

I also have a seated donkey bottle in my posession with the same ceramic mark of crown, shield, and laurel. It belonged to my grandfather and I have no idea when he got it. Are they worth anything?

Figural Ceramics
by: Matthew Scharein

I was doing some research because I too have ceramic decanters with the same emblem, and have found that the label that was posted on this site actually does say "Morand" Brothers Beverage Company. This company was later known as the Romano Brothers Beverage Company and has since been purchased by Southern Wine & Spirits of America inc.

My decanters, which are different than the others posted on this site, are of a child or cherub draped in grapes sitting on a wine barrel. The stamp on the bottom is the same as the others but does not have "ITALY" stamped under. I also noticed three letters etched into the bottom, in seemingly random spots; C,A,D. One decanter has a cork inside it that visibly reads "re" and "Ital", I assume that this bottle contained an Italian Red wine. I will post again if I find anything new. (I hope this helps)

Matthew

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Peter (admin) says:-

Hi Matthew

Many thanks for a great contribution to this thread. Sharing your research work has really helped.

Peter (admin)

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