M150818a
Crowned circle containing "AOFI" above "BAVARIA".
(Picture: Deb Ewing)
Unidentified decoration studio/souvenirware producer. Just a guess, but the written form "A.O.Fi" may indicate a name like "A.O. Fischer" or something similar. Specalized in touched-up transfers as well as etched gold decorations. Mainly (re)decorated collector cup trios ("Sammeltassen") as well as tea/coffee sets but also worked on a few beer steins, vases and thimbles.
Earliest ID per original mark Hutschenreuther Kunstabteilung (1968/1969), newest ID found on unmarked deco plate, front stating Wandertag 1982 Festspielhaus Bayreuth. Next to other producers this mark can be found on items made by Porzellanfabrik Arzberg (Arzberg), Hutschenreuther AG (Selb), Heinrich & Co. (Selb), S.P.M. Walküre (Bayreuth) and Porzellanfabrik Tirschenreuth (Tirschenreuth).
M150818a
Crowned circle containing "AOFI" above "BAVARIA".
(Picture: Deb Ewing)
M150818b
Crowned circle containing "AOFI" above "BAVARIA", all above "ÄTZDEKOR" and "ECHT GOLD".
M150818c
First cover-up version of the crowned circle containing "AOFI" above "BAVARIA".
M150818d
Second cover-up with "AOFI PORZELLAN-MANUFAKT." and "BAVARIA".
M150818e
"AOFI PORZELLAN-MANUFAKT. BAVARIA", "ÄTZDEKOR ECHT GOLD", "MADE IN WESTERN-GERMANY".
M150818f
Cover-up with plain "»AOFI«".
M150818g
Plain text "»AOFI«" above "PORZELLAN".