Category 'Bavaria'
Image 1309-19
Crown above a rearing lion above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0705-13
Lion sitting on box with 'MADE IN BAVARIA', claimed to be Lehmann (Arzberg, Bavaria) but I doubt it.
Image 1111-09a
Crowned 'BAVARJA', note that no German company would write anything else but 'BAVARIA'.
Image 1111-09b
Another version of the crowned 'BAVARJA'; note the initials 'R S' flanking the crown.
Image 0606-10
'BAVARIA' above 'CORONA' and 'QUALITÄT'.
Image 0512-09
'BAVARIAN' above crown and 'PORCELAIN'.
Image 1009-01
The mark on the right is Rudolf Wächter (Kirchenlamitz, Bavaria), but who used the 'BBB' mark?
Image 1111-10
Crowned shield containing the initials 'BQ' above 'BAVARIA'. Claimed to be the distributor mark from some company in Spain.
Image 1309-07
Initials 'C F' above 'PORZELLAN' and 'BAVARIA'. Decorator / retailer mark, see also Image 1309-07a in the MISCELLANAEOUS section.
Image 1207-28
'CLASSIC' above 'BAVARIA' - no further marks or additions. Claimed 1980s production of repro items.
Image 0606-25
Crown above crossed swords and the initials 'C' and 'O', all above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 1104-07
Initials 'E B' above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 1207-05
⇒Cover-up mark showing the initials 'EWA' above 'KUNST' and 'BAVARIA', here on an item originally created by Heinrich & Co. (Selb, Bavaria).
Image 0606-09
Crown above shield with a single capital 'F' above 'BAVARIA'. Seen this one before, but just can't remember where.
Image 1309-11
Crowned 'HARDEK' above 'BAVARIA'; made for an gift shop by the Porzellanmanufaktur Tettau ? Who knows more?(Picture by Silvia Tommasoni)
Image 1104-08
⇒Cover-up mark showing the initial 'H' above 'BLUMENTHAL', all above 'BAVARIA'. Claimed to be a Hutschenreuther brand.
Image 0606-23
'H N R' above 'ARZBERG' and 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-29
Stylized boat above 'HÖCHSTADT' and 'SELB' above 'BAVARIA'. Mast and sail look like the letters 'L H'.
Image 0906-25
Crown and '1926' above the letters 'H' and 'L' flanking a larger 'W', all in a circle above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-30
'JGEHA' above a crown over 'DRESDNER KUNST' and 'BAVARIA'. Not related with (but perhaps made for?) Hauswaldt chocolate.
Image 1207-25
Initials 'J K B' or such above 'BAVARIA'; I assume this is a fake/repro mark.(Picture by Svetlana Massarsky)
Image 0503-29a
Simple 'K&L' in a circle above 'BAVARIA'. Same can also be found above 'GERMANY'.
Image 0906-19
'K M' and 'BAVARIA'. The crossed things behind the shield look like paint brushes, a hint towards a decoration studio?
Image 1309-05
Fancy form containing 'KOENING', 'F F P' and 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0705-12
A stylized crown above a script-like capital letter 'L' above 'BAVARIA', claimed to be from around 1955.
Image 1207-10
⇒Cover-up mark showing the initials 'M B' above 'PORZELLAN, all placed above 'BAVARIA'.(Picture by Raffaele Maulella)
Image 0906-18a
Simple 'M K' and 'BAVARIA' in a circle above 'ECHT KOBALT'.
Image 1104-11
'MÜNCHEN' above initials 'H F' and 'BAVARIA'.
Image 1207-15
'NACHAHMUNG' means 'reproduction/copy', the crown seems incomplete. I've never seen a mark like this before, so I'm stumped.
Image 1111-03
Distributor mark consisting of a riding archer above 'PEERLESS', 'BAVARIA' and 'MARLBORO' (the latter probably being the series name).
Image 0606-04
'P.H.N.' above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-60a
Decorator mark, 'P M K' including a small 'BAVARIA'. The mark is in gold and the picture angle caused this funny color.
Image 0906-60b
Decorator mark, 'P M K' including a small 'BAVARIA' above the term ⇒HANDAUSGEMALT.(Picture by Kim Lehmann)
Image 1102-02
Reads 'POMA FRANKEN BAVARIA', where 'POMA' most probably is the abbreviation of 'Porzellanmanufaktur'.(Picture: Kim Lehmann)
Image 1104-03
Interlocking initials 'P-K-O' above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-61
Crowned wreath around initials 'P R', all above 'BAVARIA'. Claimed Otto Reinecke (Moschendorf, Bavaria) but crown does not match.
Image 0606-16
Superposed 'P' and 'S' above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0707-03a
'ROYAL' above crown and 'BAVARIA' with a 'STUDIO HANDPAINTED CHINA' addition.
Image 0707-03b
Same basic mark as before, but this time without the 'STUDIO HANDPAINTED CHINA' addition.
Image 1111-07
Capital 'S' in a stage setting above 'BAVARIA'. Seen claimed as Schaller mark by Winterling.(Picture by Eloise De La Croix)
Image 1207-20
Crowned 'SCH & K' above 'BAVARIA', probably a retailer mark.(Picture by Jane Oram)
Image 0607-05c
'TRETTAU' above 'BAVARIA', can also be found with 'GERMANY'. Proof that it's a decoration studio: ⇒cover-up of an 'Elite Bavaria' original.
Image 1309-30
Capital 'W' with floral element above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-05
Crowned capital 'W' above 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0906-47
Crowned shield containing a capital 'W' above a star and 'BAVARIA'.
Image 0503-28a
'BAVARIA' above capital 'W', also found stating 'GERMANY' instead. Perhaps Heinrich Waffler (Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria)?(Picture by Fredrick Webel).
Image 1102-01
Interlocking double 'W' above 'BAVARIA'.[ ⇒back to top ]
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