A free and independent directory of contemporary and historical ceramics
- individually selected for inclusion
The image above is taken from Hooper & Phillips (1894)
Anchor marks on pottery and china by description
This page aims to make your online backstamp - or pottery, china - research easy. Each mark is descriped and basic information provided. Dates have been taken from literature and, if possible, additional recources to free websites with images are linked.
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Mark description |
Mark type |
Country |
Manufacturer / Artist Name |
Date used |
Reference / source |
More information - Link |
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Anchor |
Painted in gold |
British |
Chelsea Porcelain Works, London |
c.1756-1769 |
Godden |
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Anchor |
Painted in red (smaller size) |
British |
Chelsea Porcelain Works, London |
c.1752 - 1756 |
Godden |
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Anchor |
Painted in red |
Italian |
Geminiano Cozzi, Venice |
1765-1812 |
Cushion (1965), p.177 |
Not available |
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Anchor |
Printed |
British |
Thomas Fell, Newcastle upon Tyne |
c.1817-1890 |
Godden |
Not available |
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Anchor (horizontal) |
Painted |
French |
Bey & Jacques Chapelle, Sceaux |
1748-19th century |
Cushion (1965), p.91 |
Not available |
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Anchor (with line sideways) |
Printed |
Dutch |
Rozenburg, Den Haag |
1899 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.32 |
Not available |
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Anchor ('abstract' with two lines) |
Impressed |
German |
Gudrun Schenk (Hoelder) |
c.1935 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.33 |
Not available |
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Anchor (circle on top /with chain) |
Impressed |
Australian |
Bendigo Pottery |
c.1860 - 1880 |
Ford (2002), p.28 |
Not available |
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Anchor (with chain / with and without dagger) |
Painted brown or red |
British |
Bow China Works, Stratford London |
1760-1776 |
Godden |
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Anchor with ship steering wheel |
Not available |
German |
Adolf Schippel, Eisenberg |
c.1894-1910 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.34 |
Not available |
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Anchor with A M |
Not available |
German |
Armand Marseille Koppelsdorf (Köppelsdorf), Thuringia |
1887-1910 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.37 |
Not available |
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Anchor with A M [in circle] |
Not available |
German |
Armand Marseille Koppelsdorf (Köppelsdorf), Thuringia |
1887-1910 and 1932 onwards |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.36 |
Not available |
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Anchor with A L and "FRANCE" |
Printed |
French |
Frederic Lanternier, Limoges |
c.1890-1914 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.35 |
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Anchor with B |
Printed |
German |
Ernst Bohne and Sons, Rudolstadt, Thuringia |
1878-c1910 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.41-42 |
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Anchor with B D and TRADE MARK |
Printed |
French |
Gustave De Bruyn & Fils, Fives-Lille |
1930 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.43 |
Not available |
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Anchor with B P C [in square, circle on top /with chain] |
Impressed |
Australian |
Bendigo Pottery |
c.1882 - 1898 |
Ford (2002), p.28 |
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Anchor with C F and "Kolo" |
Printed |
Poland |
Czeslaw Freudenreich (founded 1842) |
1930 - |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.44 |
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Anchor with C G P |
Not available |
Italian |
Giuseppe Carlo Galvani |
1823-1845 |
Cushion (1965), p.162 |
Not available |
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Anchor in D [anchor horizontal] |
Painted in gold or enamel |
British |
Chelsea - Derby |
c.1769-1784 |
Godden |
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Anchor with DB and TRADE MARK |
Not available |
French |
Gustave De Bruyn & Fils, Fives-Lille |
1930 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.43 |
Not available |
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Anchor "DAVENPORT" |
Printed in red |
British |
Davenports Ltd. |
1850-1870 |
Godden |
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Anchor with "DERBY" |
Painted |
British |
Derby Porcelain Works |
c.1764-1769 |
Godden |
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Anchor with E B |
Printed |
German |
Ernst Bohne and Sons, Rudolstadt, Thuringia |
1878-c1910 |
Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.45 |
Not available |
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Anchor with ESKAF |
Printed |
Dutch |
Eerste Steenwijkse Kunst Aardewerk Fabriek |
1919-1927 |
Not available |
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Anchor with FELL & Co [above] |
Printed |
British |
Thomas Fell , Newcastle upon Tyne |
c.1817-1890 |
Godden |
Not available |
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Anchor with F S [in shield] |
Not available |
German | Ferdinand Schmetz (Aachen) | 1893 | Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.46 | Not available | |
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Anchor in G |
Not available |
Swedish | Gustafsberg | 20th century | Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.47 | History site | |
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Anchor with G and H |
Printed |
German | Gebrueder Hubbe (Neuhaldensleben) | 1882-c.1905 | Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.48 | Not available | |
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Anchor with H F O D [in square] |
Painted in red |
French |
Haffreingue -Boulogne (Pas-de-Calais) |
c.1817 - 1859 |
Cushion (1965), p.27 |
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Anchor with "LIMOGES" R [reverse] L and "FRANCE" [below] |
Not available |
French |
A. Lanternier & Cie. |
1855 |
Cushion (1965), p.33 |
Not available |
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Anchor with LIVERPOOL [above] |
Impressed or printed |
British |
Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool |
c.1796-1833 |
Godden |
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Anchor with MARCENARO [above] |
Not available |
Italian |
Marcenaro, Savona |
19th century |
Cushion (1965), p.168 |
Not available |
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| Anchor with PSF | Printed | German | Georg Bennewitz / Neuhaldensleben | (1912) - 1927 | Zuehlsdorff (1994), mark 1/16.62 | Porcelainmarks & More | |
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Anchor with RFF |
Not available |
French |
Royal Fabrique Fontebasso |
1873- |
Cushion (1965), p.171 |
Not available |
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| Anchor with R.P.M and Lion [above] | Printed | German | Rheinische Porzellan-manufaktur L. Herrmann / Oberkassel near Duesseldorf | 1861-1905 | Not available | Porcelainmarks & More | |
| Anchor with S Z C | Impressed | German | Porzellanfabrik Zeh Scherzer Co. | 1882-1921 | Not available | Porcelainmarks & More | |
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Anchor with "Sceaux" |
Impressed |
French |
Bey & Jacques Chapelle, Sceaux |
19th century |
Cushion (1965), p.91 |
Not available |
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Anchor with VP & F |
Not available |
French |
Vernon, Fismes (Marne) |
1840- |
Cushion (1965), p.33 |
Not available |
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References: Cushion, J.P., Pocket Book of French and Italian Ceramic Marks, Faber and Faber, London 1965 Zuehlsdorff, Dieter, Keramik-Marken Lexikon 1885-1935 Europa, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 1994
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