Find out more about their marks here.
Delft ceramics marks.
Our marks information is organized by shape and letter.
If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks.
If you have more information such as a name in the mark you can then put it in the filter and it will narrow the options even more.
Then select circle or oval in mark shape.
The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials.
Today the term delftware can apply to pottery made in the netherlands or in england where the dutch technique of using tin fired clay was also used.
Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch.
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Delftware was made as early as the 16th century.
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It was originally a low fired earthenware that was coated with a very thin opaque tin glaze and then a painted blue or polychrome design was applied.
You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here.
This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand.
For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark.
Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings.
Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century.
It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made.
Name of a city delft equally important are other markings.
Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print.
Delft pottery marks and history and information.
In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands.
Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland.
2 the boat de boot.
The design is a large blue v with an o on the left upper arm of the v and a c on the right upper arm of the v.
Updated on september 10 2020.
In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles.
In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft.
Guide to pottery and porcelain marks.
1 the axe de dessel.
Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark.
Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code.
The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number.
Full list of year codes is in the table.
The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere.
Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code.
