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The following sites include reproductions of ceramic marks, which can be freely accessed. International Ceramic Directory is personally edited, all entries are free of charge, many are created by enthusiasts.

Marks / Backstamps

 

Rosenthal

Other sites of interest

ANCIENT POTTERY MARKS
A couple of ancient pottery marks and stamps by Lynn E. Roller / English language
www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/trademark/timeline/pre/pots.html

BOHEMIAN and CZECHOSLOVAKIAN MARKS
A comprehensive site by Ginni Snodgrass / English language
www.collectorscircle.com/bohemian/porcelain/marks_table1.html

CANADIAN POTTERY
History and identification of 20th Century Canadian manufacturers of commercial mold-made pottery and ceramic wares / English language
www.canadianpotteryidentifier.com/

INSULATORS CERAMIC MARKS
Marks on Insulators worldwide / English language
myinsulators.com/hungary/marks.html

IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN POTTERY
various
Place for people needing help to identify makers of Australian contemporary pottery / English language
www.flickr.com/groups/austpots/
see also: austpots.ning.com/

KERAMIKMARKEN (Germany)
Literature and Links concerning Ceramic Marks from F. Habery /
English, German and French languages
www.lwe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/fhy/keram-mk.htm

P.A.W POTTERY
Site by D. Turner, about the manufacturer Paul A. Wranitzky in Vranovská Ves (Czech Republic, former Frainersdorf)- founded in 1874 and operating until 1933 / English language
www.pawpottery.co.uk/marks.htm

SOVIET PORCELAIN COLLCTORS
Online group concerned with Soviet ceramic marks / English language
groups.msn.com/SovietPorcelainCollectors/backstamps.msnw?Page=1

STEIN COLLECTORS
Most common trademarks found on steins / English language
www.steincollectors.org/library/articles/marks/marks.htm

UNKNOWN CERAMIC MAKERS' PROJECT
Global effort to nail down obscure, illegible, incomplete, or otherwise unknown potter's marks appearing on ceramic pieces / English language
potmarks.activeboard.com/

ZSOLNAY (Hungaria)
Building, Towers in circle, PECS
Excellent site by Jason Jacques (New York) in regards to Zsolnay marks. The factory was founded in 1853 by Miklós Zsolnay (1800-1880) in Pécs / English language
www.jasonjacques.com/marks/zsolnay/

 

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