Unidentified Companies:

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Eleanor:

The 'Eleanor' mark appears to have been used by an US importer or distributor. It is commonly found on otherwise unmarked items, however there are some cases where one of the 'Eleanor' marks can be found together with a true manufacturer mark. Examples would include the original marks by Franz Prause from the town of Niedersalzbrunn (Silesia) or C. Schumann from the town of Arzberg (Bavaria). Some people claim the color of the mark could indicate the 'real' manufacturer (as in 'blue is Schumann') but that approach is incorrect as various double-marked items speak against that theory; I know of a red 'Eleanor' mark on a Schumann item, for example.

Anyway, next to the following marks I also have seen (but not been able to photograph) a red mark reading 'Eleanore China' above 'Austria'; I guess it may have been a very early mark just before 1918 whereas the normal marks shown here all came later, right up to around 1930 as all additional manufacturer marks found so far were versions used after World War I. Please take note that the Eleanor mark is *not* a decorator mark as some sources claim, one only has to compare both original and Eleanor-marked items to see that.