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Please note that the name 'Fake & Repro Marks' actually does not completely or correctly describe this page as its contents is far more complicated than that. These pages actually deal with legit marks that are constantly misrepresented as well as look-alikes, bad copies, real fakes and fantasy marks made up by some dubious import company. Even if it all appears a bit rough at the moment, it will straighten out when more marks and manufacturer info are added over time; comments and additions are welcome!
Keep in mind that not all of the manufacturers can be considered crooked as the actual fraudster is the seller that is trying to cheat you into believing some bogus story. You'll find many fakes nicely wrapped in stupid stories made up by scammers to support claims made in the auction description but due to the market development, more and more 'normal' sellers degrade themselves by using dirty tricks to increase their presence in searches, e.g. via keyword spamming.
Marks:
Initials:
Initials 'AB' imitating the Meissen 'August Rex' or early Weiden 'August Bauscher' mark, here with an additional number '110' in gold.
Another example with the additional number '183'. Perhaps they are numbering their fake items? Just kidding ;-)
Another example with the additional number '490'. Note that the mark style is very similar to the 'R.B.' mark found later in this list.
Interwining initials 'E-T-C'.
Anchors:
Made in CHINA (shown on stickers), reproductions from the 1970s, note the spelling 'BRANDENB-E-RG'.
Made in JAPAN (shown on stickers), reproductions from the 1970s, note the spelling 'BRANDENB-U-RG'.
Another version of the 'BRANDENB-U-RG' mark.
(Picture by Lisa London)
Eagles & Imperials:
Cheap imitation of a mark type originally used by many German manufacturers.
(Picture by eBay user ketchesketchken)
This eagle with orb and sceptre may look good on first sight - but it is a fake.
Completely made-up and badly drawn mark, blue underglaze.
Made-up and badly drawn mark, note the 'VICWNA' which was supposed to read 'VIENNA' ...
... and here the additional mark, 'OEOETZUCH OESCNUTZT' which was actually supposed to read 'GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZT'.
Crowned eagle above 'Z.P.M.' and a pseudo-Sevres mark.
(Picture by
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Arnold)
Crossed Arrows:
Unknown, crossed three-feathered arrows above 'HANDPAINTED'.
Unknown, crossed four-feathered arrows above 'BLUE ONION'.
Crossed Swords:
Wales China:
Made in Japan, here just the crossed swords. Exactly the same mark can also be found as inmold (raised) version.
Older Allerton mark, 'A' under crossed swords over item number '1798'
(Picture by Cynthia Canchola).
Older Allerton mark, 'A' under crossed swords over 'HAND PAINTED' and item number '2722'.
Newer Allerton mark, letter 'A' above crossed swords over 'BLUE ONION'.
From around 2007, repro junk 'Crossed Swords'. There are really people out there that believe this is a real Meissen mark.
Repro junk, one of three different marks I dubbed 'F-A-C'. See next mark and the one in the 'Crowned Shileds' section.
Repro junk, second type of the marks I dubbed 'F-A-C'.
(Picture by Balsa Djuric)
Found 2008, same 'Crossed Swords' but this time under a crown.
Another set of pseudo-'Crossed Swords' on repro items.
Repro junk, 'crossed swords' above what looks like the linked initials 'H k'.
(Picture by Jutta Mauer)
Mark found on some otherwise nicely made figures, note the fancy 'swords'.
Same 'swords', other letter. The 'R' is newer than the 'F' which got ID'd as fake pretty quick.
(Picture by Cecil Geaney)
The 'lump' is the Scheibe-Alsbach equivalent of the 'Royal Dux' pink triangle. The fakers recast from an original and 'included' the normally different-colored addition into the mold.
Fantasy mark, crossed swords over the letter 'R' with other elements.
Fake mark similar to some 'Greiner' (Rauenstein, Thuringia) marks.
(Picture by eBay user losttinchen)
Same subject as before, only here showing the 'decorator mark' 1/1078 which is present on most pieces.
Misc. Crossed Items:
Lefton:
Fantasy mark in gold overglaze, similar to one used originally by 'Oscar Schlegelmilch' from Langewiesen (Thuringia).
Imitation of a mark originally used by the porcelain decoration studio August Schmidt (Ilmenau, Thuringia) who of course used other letters.
Bad imitation of one of the Rauenstein marks: three instead of two sideways slashes, wrong color, overglaze, etc.
Fantasy mark, crossed 'swords/arrows' over the letter 'Z'; same junk as crowned 'Z' mark.
Crowned Letters / Initials:
Neundorf:
The German import company used this shameless copy of an old Ludwig Wessel mark as company logo 2006.
Crowned 'A', claimed to have been used by a Taiwanese import/retail company from 1975 onwards.
Closeup of another crowned 'A', this time in blue.
'Crowned' initials 'A A' on import junk often incorrectly claimed to be Arno Apel.
'Crowned' letter 'B' on recent Chinese items.
Impersonation of a 'Ludwigsburg' mark, gold overglaze (also note next picture).
Mark on the same piece, but underglaze - probably to 'convince' potential buyers.
Impersonation of a 'Ludwigsburg' mark which actually nearly looks like it was made with a felt-tip pen.
Impersonation of a 'Ludwigsburg' mark, of course this one is far too modern to be real.
'ROCOCO COLLECTION' - first mark found on badly made figurines produced by CDC in Sri Lanka between 1990 and 1995.
(Thanks to Ivan Golsky for more info and this mark.)
'HANDMADE ROKOKO 1720-80' - second mark found on badly made figurines produced by CDC in Sri Lanka between 1990 and 1995.
Similar to the Keilhauer or Klette marks; this could be Höffner (Sandizell).
Made-up mark, hand-drawn crown. Note the 'MADE IN AUSTRIA' is similar to the addition shown with the 'VICWNA' mark shown above.
Another view of the same base: it shows a second grey underglaze mark just like the 'Ludwigsburg' fake.
Interlocking 'FD', often claimed to be 'old' by porcelain shoe collectors but so far no proof at all, they can't even offer a name!
Crown mainly consiting of the initials 'S M' above a capital 'N'.
(Picture by Michael Quigley)
Crowned letter 'P', older version.
Crowned letter 'P', newer version with the original 'MADE IN SRI LANKA' sticker.
Crowned letter 'S', claimed to be 1970-ish.
Another fake found on pill boxes; mark tries to wake an association with the Porzellanmanufaktur Plaue 'PMP' mark.
Badly drawn crown over the letter 'Z'.
Crowned initials 'J N' found on the typical modern brass-and-craquele-porcelain junk.
Shields:
Arnart:
Made in Japan, impersonation of a mark often referred to as 'beehive' mark (actually a shield form named 'Bindenschild').
Arnart:
Impersonation of some stylized 'K.P.M.' mark, at one point even incorrectly listed in Roentgen.
(Picture by eBay user joflora)
Very modern mark, 'W' over 'BAVARIA'.
Made-up mark, seems like an Alpine scene over 'DEKOR BAVAR'. There is no letter missing as can be seen when one looks at the alignment.
A rearing lion on a shield above the word 'WEIMAR'.
Found on some cheap items; not from around Dresden or even Germany.
Crowned Shields:
NPSK:
'DOW SIE COT URE', a later Japanese mark of the Nagoya Potteries, Shippo Kaisha, here with 'NIPPON'.
NPSK:
'DOW SIE COT URE', a later Japanese mark of the Nagoya Potteries, Shippo Kaisha, this time without 'NIPPON'.
Real Bavarian origin questionable, recently produced items popping up on eBay now.
Fantasy mark on a huge vase/urn contraption.
Crowned shield containing crossed arrows with '1908-1912' addition.
(Picture by Mariette Van den Munckhof-Vedder)
Stylish shield background with what I dubbed 'F-A-C' lettering (there is also a 'crossed swords' version).
Wreaths:
Faked R.S. Prussia mark, it was never used in this color.
(Picture by eBay user kwikblu)
Faked R.S. Prussia mark (badly made).
(Picture by eBay user kwikblu)
Faked R.S. Prussia mark.
Faked R.S. Prussia mark, looks more like a P.R.O.C. emblem.
(Picture by eBay user kwikblu)
Faked R.S. Prussia mark, no text additions and partially incomplete.
Imitation of the 'Oscar Schaller' (later 'Gebr. Winterling') wreath mark.
No 'Thumps Up!' for this nonsensical mark - who can seriously believe such marks are genuine and 'old'?
Misc. Round Marks:
Black & blue 'JBT' over 'ANNO 1906', found on items normally showing the WL1895 mark.
(Picture by Gerard Tschaeppaet)
Black 'JBT' over 'ANNO 1906', also found on items normally showing the WL1895 mark.
Made-up fake mark that strongly reminds one of a mark formerly used by the 'Porzellanwerk Kahla' (Kahla, Thuringia).
Made-up mark, a combo of 'Kahla' and 'Torgau' marks.
Misc. Symbols:
Made-up mark imitating either late Vincennes or early Sevres.
Double-slashed 'S' on figures too good to be true (or old).
Often stated to be all kinds of things from Meissen to Sevres. This version makes it clear as the underglaze 'JAPAN' could not be removed like any other sticker.
Circle with one slash passing through, claimed Asian import.
(Picture by Graham Smith)
Circle with two parallel slashes, claimed Asian import.
(Picture by Roy Cooke)
Triangle with 'WIEN' (Vienna): not old but modern repros.
'Austria':
Austria:
Interlocking 'V A' claimed to stand for 'Vienna, Austria' above 'AUSTRIA'. Sure, pull the other one ...
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