Pottery Mark Query - Looks like reverse N letter beneath glazing/pottery Jar

by lisa
(wichita kansas)

Pottery Mark Query - Looks like reverse N letter beneath glazing/pottery Jar:- I have been trying to research this urn or ginger jar with no luck. I did send photos to 2 online appraisals and one said it looked asian, And the other said she thought it was from the 1800's or earlier and made of fayence... But neither of them could find the markings in any of their reference books... I need help identifying this peice

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The forum moderator says:-

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Had you searched for "Reverse N" you would have found this page:-

Reverse N letter Russian letter for "i" is possibly I.A.Ikonnikov Imperial Porcelain Private Manufactory, Moscow Gubernia (scroll down the page quite a way to find the article)

Here's an extract:-

"...this reverse N letter {is} the Russian letter for "i" (pronounced "ee", as in see).

Logically, this means that the factory marking maybe from a company whose name begins with 'i'.

I looked up listings of Russian factories whose name began with 'i' and found only one.

It was the ikonnikov factory of Moscow (I.A.Ikonnikov Imperial Porcelain Private Manufactory, Moscow Gubernia) and appears to be very old established and its wares of high value.

The name, when written in Cyrillic looks like this "Иконников" or "NKOHHNKOB" (this is the nearest a western keyboard can get to it - the two N's are reversed).

Sadly, there is virtually nothing online about this factory and also nothing in my books (which are general rather than specialist). It would therefore need specialist books or knowledge to find out about their markings, confirm their history, and confirm if the reverse N mark on the base of your vase was, in fact, an Ikonnikov marking."

Russian wares, if that is what it is, seem to keep quite a good value. To check out the value and identification go to Peter's vintage and antique china values page