Porcelain (?) plate identification

by Nicholas
(Melbourne, Australia)

Crossed Hammers with Crown Pottery Mark on Plate:- Am attaching photo of back/front of one of five plates bought about forty years ago at a flea market behind Oxford Street. Apart from the resplendent colouring I was intrigued by the fact that one had been expertly (to my amateurish eye) stapled (10)along a central break which suggested somebody certainly thought highly of it.

Although the gold(?)leaf pattern is common to each plate there are discernible differences in detail which suggests each has been individually painted.

The wavy tooth edging is also minutely irregular! The contrast of the pattern against the very dark cobalt (?) blue is very striking and in some instances looks unblemished and sparkling though overall, with a few cracks in each plate, and some weathering of the edge toothing, their condition is (I would think) fair.

Still, they give me much pleasure in enjoying their colour, design and, particularly, the detail and I have long (!) wondered if it is at all possible to give them some identity.

There are a few numbers either inscribed or (may be) also stamped into some of the plates.

Thanking you in advance for any attention you can give,

Yours appreciatively,

Nicholas

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Crossed Hammers with Crown Pottery Mark on Plate

Hi Nicholas

This crossed hammers mark is that of Fischer & Mieg of Pirkenhammer, Bohemia (previously Austria, later Czechoslovakia).

Your mark was used from 1873 - 1918 - which explains your fascination with the intricate quality of it as it was the height of the Bohemian (Amphora/Teiplitz) Art Nouveau period.

This company was one of the founder members of the EPIAG, the new Czechoslovakian government led association of the 1920's. For more information on this association, just use my in-house search engine and put in the search term "EPIAG".

If anyone has a piece with this pottery mark let us know what you have - it all adds to the knowledge base.

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