A free and independent directory of contemporary and historical ceramics
- individually selected for inclusion
GERMAN BACK STAMPS by manufacturer, or artist
ALKA - Alboth & Kaiser (Bavaria)
Alka, ALKA KUNST, AK, Kaiser, with crown, etc.
Official site of the company / German, French and English languages
www.kaiser-porzellan.com/en/index.php?id=2000
ARZBERG (Bavaria)
T L Lion, Arzberg, PAGS in shield, PA in shield, 1898-present
Site by Porzellan Kompass / German language
www.porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=122
ANNABURG (Saxony-Anhalt)
Eagle with AH, Glover, Crown, 1874-present
Site by Porzellan Kompass / German language
www.porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=123
BREMER & SCHMIDT (Eisenberg / Thuringia)
Crown with diagonal cross and B E S, Vaux Paris, etc.
Excellent site by Günther Schleu regarding the manufacture Bremer and Schmidt / German language
www.porzellanfieber.de/Porzellanfabrik-Bremer-und-Schmidt_alle-Porzellanmarken.html
BUNZLAU (Bolesławiec in Poland)
BB, BEK, Teapot mark, etc.
Site with many marks in regards to the pottery of the former city of Bunzlau / Polish language
www.sygnatury24.pl/?opcja=SYGNATURY&kraj=3®ion=47&miasto=662
CORTENDORF (Saxony-Anhalt)
C in square with abstract crown, Made in Western Germany
Site by Ceramic Signatures and Marks including Cortendorf and many more / English language
www.ceramic-signatures.com/index.php?id_page=1441
ENS, KARL
E N S with lines (windmill), with or without Germany
Porcelain company Karl Ens: founded 1899 in Volkstedt, Thuringia. / German language
bodenmarken.porzellan-selb.de/porzellanmarken.php?detail=104
bodenmarken.porzellan-selb.de/porzellanmarken.php?detail=106
bodenmarken.porzellan-selb.de/porzellanmarken.php?detail=107
part of a larger site containing marks
bodenmarken.porzellan-selb.de/porzellanmarken.php
FRANKENTHAL
PH, Lion mark, crown mark with lines, etc.
Wikipedia entry in regards to the the Frankenthaler porcelain company / German language
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenthaler_Porzellan
Examples of marks used between 1755-1799
de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Frankenthaler_Porzellan_Markentafel.jpg&filetimestamp=20110201094231
FRAUREUTH PORCELAIN
Letter F mark in circle and crown, Bavaria, etc.
Backstamps from the manufacturer Römer & Foedisch (Fraureuth AG) 1866 - 1926 / English language
www.fraureuth-porzellan.de/trade-marks-with-datas/gallery-of-the-trade-marks.html
overview German language
www.fraureuth-porzellan.de/die-firmengeschichte/die-porzellanmarken/galerie-der-marken/index.html#02ee599a470ef8401
FRIEDRICH EGER & Co. (Matinroda, Thuringia, Germany)
Crown over P over M
Company founded in 1900, good site by Porcelain Marks and More / German language
www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/thuringia/martinroda_1/00.php
FUERSTENBERG (Fürstenberg)
Letter F, with and without crown
The Fürstenberg manufactory was founded in Fürstenberg/Weser more than 250 years ago by Duke Carl I. of Brunswick.
Official site of the company / English language
www2.fuerstenberg-porzellan.com/acapif/fbg/home.prt
Good site by Porzellan Kompass / German language
porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=93
Excellent German privat collection, with many examples from the 18th century / German language
www.18jahrhundert-porzellan.de/
Site by Ronnie Gustafsson / Swedish language
www.signaturer.se/Porslin/Europa/Lankar/furstenberg.htm
GEROLD PORCELAIN
Shield mark, with Gerold and Tettau, etc.
Gerold (Germany, Tettau, Bavaria) Porcelain Marks. Site by JoAnn Snow. / English language
www.gerold-porzellan.com/marks.htm
HAEL-WERKSTAETTEN (Marwitz by Velten/Brandenburg)
Circle with lines and L
Founded by Margarethe Heymann-Loebenstein in 1923, excellent site by www.design20.eu / German language
www.design20.eu/popup_image.php/pID/101/imgID/3
HEINRICH
H & C, H & Co., with and without: Crown, Selb, Bavaria, etc.
Excellent site by Porzellan Kompass / German language
porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=137
HUTSCHENREUTHER
HR mark, with lion, oval, etc.
Site by Porzellansammlung.de / English language
www.porzellansammlung.de/marken.htm
Marks on 1960s and 1970s vases. Site by Porzellansammlung.de / English language
www.retroselect.com/Hutschenreuther/Hutschenreuther.htm
JAEGER (Eisenberg / Thuringia)
M.P.M, Jäger with eagle, Jäger with crown, Jäger with E, Lion with Eisenberg, etc.
Excellent site by Günther Schleu regarding the manufacture Jäger (founded by Ludwig Mehlhorn und Eduard Julius Jäger in 1870) / German language
www.porzellanfieber.de/Porzellanfabrik-Jaeger_alle-Porzellanmarken.html
KAISER
Crown mark with AK, Alka with and without Bavaria, etc.
Good site by Ronnie Gustafsson / Swedish language
www.signaturer.se/Porslin/Europa/Lankar/kaiser.htm
KALK EISENBERG (Eisenberg / Thuringia)
Two crossed arrows
Excellent site by Günther Schleu, regarding Kalk GmbH and Steingutfabrik Geyer & Körbitz (c.1904-1976) / German language
www.porzellanfieber.de/Porzellanfabrik-Kalk_Firmengeschichte_Porzellanmarke_gekreuzte-Pfeile_Eisenberg-Thueringen.html
KPM MARKS (Berlin)
Scepter (Zepter) mark (not barbwire)
Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin great site by 'Auction House Bergmann'
www.auktion-bergmann.de/Katalog.aspx?a_id=3&s_id=304
Koenigliche Porzellan Manufactur Berlin. The Scepter mark by R. Ruthgeerts / English language
users.skynet.be/rutrene/marks26.html
KPM Berlin Porzellanmarken, excelllent site by Porzellan Kompass / German language
porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=95
KPM marks on porcelain plaques by antique forum / English language
www.antiqforum.com/lib_kpm_sizes.html
KRISTER
Crown mark with KPM, with and without Krister, etc.
Good site by Indischblau / German language
www.porzellan-indischblau.de/marken/krister1.htm
LAEUGER, MAX (1864-1952) Max Läuger
Square with lines, Manufacture Karlsruhe, KK in square, etc.
Important German ceramist and designer / English language
www.ceramic-signatures.com/index.php?id_page=1424&imgid=0
Excellent site by Jason Jacques / English language
www.jasonjacques.com/marks/max-laeuger/
LUDWIGSBURG MARKS (Ludwigsburg)
Crown mark with C and L
Ludwigsburg was founded in 1758, a good site by R. Ruthgeerts / English language
users.skynet.be/rutrene/marks23.html
METTLACH MARKS
Church mark with VB
Stoneware items manufactured by the Mettlach factory of Villeroy and Boch / English language
www.steincollectors.org/Library/articles/Mettmks/Mettmks.htm
MEISSEN (Meissen / Saxony)
Swords mark, crossed lines, etc.
Official site of the company Marks / German language
www.meissen.de
Great site by 'Auction House Bergmann' / German language
www.auktion-bergmann.de/Katalog.aspx?a_id=5&s_id=503
Good Site by Nobelantik (Denmark) / Danish and English language
www.nobelantik.dk/meissen.html
Good site by 'Sammler.com' / German language
sammler.com/keramik/meissener-porzellan-marken.htm
Good site by 'R. Ruthgeerts' with many examples of imitations / English language
users.skynet.be/rutrene/marks08.html
PLANKENHAMMER
Porzellanfabrik Plankenhammer, founded 1883, in Floss, Bavaria. Site by retroselect.com including examples of 1970's pieces, mark used since 1928 / English language
www.retroselect.com/Plankenhammer/Plankenhammer.htm
REINECKE (Eisenberg / Thuringia)
E.E.E.E, cross with PMER (PRME), R.P.M. Reinicke with crown, etc.
Marks of the porcelain company Reinecke in Eisenberg, Thuringia. Excellent site by Günther Schleu / German language
www.porzellanfieber.de/Porzellanfabrik-Reinecke_alle-Porzellanmarken.html
ROSENTHAL
Crown mark with roses, Bavaria, etc.
Official site of the company / German language
www.int.rosenthal.de/46n/english_Sammeln_Tipps.htm
Rosenthal Selb, Plössberg, by PorzellanKompass / German language
www.porzellankompass.de/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=80
SCHAUBACH (Wallendorf)
Crown mark, with Schaubachkunst, ornament, etc.
Marks by Heinz Schaubach (former Heubach) in Wallendorf. Site by Schaubachkunst / German language
www.schaubachkunst.de/html/porzellanmarken.html
SCHEIBE
S mark with two lines, KPM, or K.P.M. with lines, etc.
Great site by Porcelain Marks and More / English language
www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/thuringia/scheibe_1/00.php
SCHUMANN (Bavaria)
Lion shield, crown mark, E&R mark etc.
Comprehensive site about Carl Schumann Porcelain Factory Arzberg, Bavaria (c. 1881-1994). Lots of images slow loading of site / English language
www.efineantiques.com/webpages/schumann2.htm
SCHILLER (former Fischhausel, now Hosterádky )
letter R.S. in house shape
Founded 1900 by Richard Schiller, site by PAW pottery / English language
www.pawpottery.co.uk/schiller.html
GERMAN BACK STAMPS related sites
EUROPEAN & AMERICAN MARKS
Some marks with description by "My Granny's Attic Antiques" USA / English language
www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/html/porcelain_pottery_china_marks_.htm
INDISCH BLAU
Site by Indisch Blau (Underglaze blue) incl. Bareuther & Co, Gareis, Kühnl & Cie, Greiner Rauenstein, Jäger Eisenberg, Porzellanfabrik Kahla, Gebrüder Simson Gotha, Kalk Eisenberg, Porzellanfabrik Stadtlengsfeld, Porzellanfabrik Königszelt, Porzellanfabrik Tettau, Porzellanfabrik Könitz, C.A. Tielsch Altwasser, Krister Waldenburg, Triptis Porzellan, Otto Reinecke Moschendorf F.A. Reinecke, Eisenberg Gareis, Kühnl & Cie Waldsassen Rieber Mitterteich, Schaller Schwarzenbach, Carl Schumann Arzberg / German language
www.porzellan-indischblau.de/marken/porzellanmarken.htm
MADE IN GERMANY
Information about Printed marks like: Foreign, Made in Germany, Made in GDR, etc. by Nancy's Collectibales / English language
www.nancyscollectibles.com/aprnewsletter4.html
PORCELAIN MARKS & MORE
German Marks, mainly 20th century, Site by Christopher S. Marshall. Baden-Wuerttemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Northrhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saar Basin Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia / English language
www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/
SIGNATURE DATENBANK
Database of signatures "Sections overview", good site by 'Auction House Bergmann' / English language
www.auktion-bergmann.de/Katalog.aspx?a_id=3
WEST GERMAN POTTERY MARKS
Site by Forrest and Ginny Poston (USA, Evansville, IN) / English language
www.ginforsodditiques.com/wgermanmarks.html
RUTHGEERTS PORCELAIN SITE
Meissen: the crossed swords, Vienna: the shield mark, Chelsea: the anchor mark, Höchst: the wheel mark, Fürstenberg: the "F" mark, Sèvres: the double "L" mark, Ludwigsburg: the crowned "C" & "L" marks, Berlin: the scepter mark, Naples: the crowned "N" mark, Marks: the Dresden crown mark, Marks: the 'AR' Monogram (Augustus Rex) and imitations / English and Dutch languages
users.skynet.be/rutrene
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