U.S.A. / New York / New York:

[1] : J.B. & W. (???? until ????)

Until now, nothing is known about the company itself except that it was an U.S. importer based in Fenton/New York. After viewing various inquiries regarding these marks and especially after receiving the information from Mr. John Hickey regarding the entry he found in Roentgen's 'Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain' I thought it might be time to add this page anyway. Roentgen shows this mark as mark №·3570 on page 633 of his book with the country of origin underneath reading 'Bavaria', stating it to be [... unidentified ... possibly that of 'Jena, Bareuther & Co.', Waldsassen, Bavaria, Germany 1884-1887] ("Roentgen's Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain, page 633, mark №·3570").

When taking a look at the different marks presented here one can easily determine that the Roentgen entry is wrong for obvious reasons. Of course the observant reader first notes that his theory completely ignores the initials 'N.Y.' and that the period he gives is also wrong as the company of 'Jena, Bareuther & Co' was founded 1885 and existed in that form until 1904. But those are just minor flaws because what really matters is that 'Jena, Bareuther & Co.' never had a subsidiary in England or the state of Czechoslovakia, a state only founded in 1918 - which finally sinks the 'Jena, Bareuther & Co.' theory. As for the Czechoslovakian version, 'ČECHOSLOVAKIA' of course can't have been used before 1918 and even that was 1919 replaced with the revised 'CZECHO-SLOVAKIA' and later 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA' mark, so the last two marks shown here are newer than the first 'ČECHOSLOVAKIA' version.

Marks

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No date known, gold version stating country of origin being 'ENGLAND'.

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No date known, gold version stating 'GERMANY' as country of origin.

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No date known, red version with 'GERMANY' as country of origin.
(Picture by Terri Fox)

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No date known, green version also stating 'GERMANY' as country of origin.
(Picture by Sandra Stone)

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No date known, black triangular part with golden 'GERMANY' addition.
(Picture by Jennifer Lappe)

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No date known, black triangular mark with 'GERMANY' addition plus mold or decoration number.
(Picture by Brenda Lucier)

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No date known, black triangular mark with 'BAVARIA' addition plus mold or decoration number.
(Picture by Marty Aarons)

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Another black mark with 'GERMANY'; interesting 'GOBELIN 5' addition normally used by Schramberg on items designed by Eva Zeisel.

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Used between 1918 and 1919 as indicated by the writing of 'ČECHOSLOVAKIA'. This version also shows some kind of mold or decoration number.

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Used from 1919 owards, red version with 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA'.

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Used from 1919 owards, gold version with 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA'.
(Picture by whatisthis)

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Used from 1919 owards, black version with 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA' printed above the mark.
(Picture by Ginni D. Snodgrass)