Pottery Mark query - red moose head with B

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Pottery Mark query - red moose head with B

by Cathy
(NY)

Pottery Mark query - red moose head with B

Pottery Mark query - red moose head with B:- My grandmother from Poland owned this cup and saucer for many years. Does anyone have any ideas as to who the maker might be?

Thanks ever so much in advance....

Regards

Cathy

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Reply by Peter (admin)

To:- Pottery Mark query - red moose head with B

Hi Cathy

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UPDATE:-

Thankfully, a knowledgeable visitor has generously supplied the answer to this query as being the mark of Gardner of Verbilki (Вербилки), Russia founded 1765 - also known as "Dmitrov Porcelain" (see the write-up on my Makers Guide Page). Below on this page I HAVE POSTED A FULL ARTICLE OF THESE MOOSE OR REINDEER OR CARIBOU POTTERY MARKS. Just scroll down to see....
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immediately below is my original reply, unedited, before we discovered the answer.....

Hi Cathy

Thanks for the interesting pottery mark submission. The picture you uploaded to go with your submission, was on the small side - much better to take one clear photo of the mark and one of the item and then upload both. In the past, we only had the technology to upload one photo with a submission, but the technology has caught up and we can upload up to 4 items.

The red moose with a B mark you describe is not listed in my Millers or Kovels books. It may be an obscure Polish or Soviet maker I have never heard of. I am quite good on 20th Century UK manufacturers. Foreign and early wares are specialist niches unto themselves with vast amounts of knowledge and research material required.

Feel free to await answers from knowledgeable others who may come across your submission in this thread. If you want a value, go here:

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This page is written to help you to research the value of your item further.

Best regards,

Peter (admin)

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Red Moose Head w/ B Mark
by: Vicki

Cathy...I was just reading your query and I have the same query. I found a bag full of cat figurines at the an estate out here in Colorado. One of them has this same mark, I have been trying to find out this maker and was unable to so gave up and listed it on eBay. If anyone tells me anything I will let you know and was hoping you could do the same. Among the other cats in the bag were vintage cats from Japan, a pottery cat from Sweden and a set of 4 cat orchestra players from Beswick of England. I think they are all older pieces so assuming the "Moose Head" one is also. Good Luck.

Moose with B
by: Anonymous

Perhaps it might be the Russian company Dmitrov Porcelain Plant in Verbilki, based on this same motif:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dmitrov-Porcelain-Plant-Verbilki-Russia-Porcelain-Medal-/360324851277#vi-desc

Gardner or Dmitrov or Verbilki or Verbilky or Kusnetzoff Porcelain
by: Peter (admin)

Many thanks for solving this mystery for us. Below is further research to verify your thoughts.

Gardner (see the write up on my Makers Guide Page) are also known as "Dmitrov Porcelain". I am not sure as how they got the name.

Вербилки is Russian for Verbilki (or Verbilky), which is the town where Gardner is based.

Francis Gardner founded the factory in 1765. Prices for Russian porcelain can be immense - I don't know the reasons perhaps its the quality and rarity combined with the imperial Fabergé effect.

In the books I have (Millers and Kovels) there are few Gardner marks and no Dmitrov marks that I can find. So here are some photos I have gathered together along the the citation of the sources:-

Close up pic of the above red moose Dmitrov mark

Verbilki Verbilky Gardner Dmitrov moose mark

Picture courtesy of http://potmarks.activeboard.com/t20381025/unknown-mark-russian/

Close ups of Dmitrov black & white mark (modern)

Picture courtesy of http://www.rus-sell.com/article5-Russian+porcelain+factories+marks+and+signs.html

Dmitrov Red moose mark with a 1966 date for the 200 year aniverary

(Although this version of the moose mark is listed as being from 1918-1991 - see http://sovietporcelain.multiply.com/photos/album/12/Back_stamps#photo=50

Verbilki Verbilky Gardner Dmitrov moose mark

Picture courtesy of http://cgi.ebay.com/Dmitrov-Porcelain-Plant-Verbilki-Russia-Porcelain-Medal-/360324851277#vi-desc

Hope this helps

Peter (admin)

Red Moose Head with B Mark
by: ChrisNBG

I recently acquired a cup and saucer with same mark on back during an estate cleanout. Below the moose's chin is the letter C. Above the antlers is a sideways "1" and "5". But the interesting part is the cup still has a price sticker on bottom marked Beriozka 2.20. I looked up Beriozka online and Wikipedia stated the Beriozka shops appeared around 1965 and "existed only in Moscow, Leningrad, the Soviet republics in the capitals and large areas of the centers". If anyone has any further info or an idea of what the value of this set is today I'd much appreciate hearing.

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