Category 'Miscellaneous'
Image 0404-02
Looks like a 'Berlin Design' mark, but they were founded 1970 by Kaiser (Staffelstein, Bavaria) so that does not fit.
Image 0906-62
Crowned circle with a lion, text unreadable. Here shown in grey but also seen in red.
Image 0906-06
Crowned 'A' and 'H' above 'W'.
Image 0906-07
Crowned 'A' and 'H' above 'P'.
Image 0906-22
'A H' and 'BLAU DRESMER'. No idea, but must be relatively modern as it reads ⇒SPÜLMASCHINENFEST.
Image 0906-09
A-R-T or A-T-R (???).
Image 1009-03
Mark simply reads 'AVM HANSA'.
Image 1104-05
Large 'B' partially surrounded by 'QUALITÄTSPORZELLAN'.
Image 1102-07
Star of David above the initials 'B (L?) C' above 'BRESLAU'.
Image 0705-18
A simple crown over 'BERLIN'. Even if the crown looks like that of Adolf Schedel (Neuses, Bavaria) I tend to think that this is a Berlin Design mark.
Image 1207-26a
'B H GESCHENKE' above ⇒HANDGEMALT (or 'GERMANY' and/or ⇒GES. GESCH.). No manufacturer but a shop for porcelain and glassware.
Image 1207-26b
'B H GESCHENKE', here their 'HALBACH GESCHENKE' sticker. 1960s style items, business probably located in Cologne (successor Ulla Halbach?).
Image 1102-06
Crowned initials 'C G S' with the central 'G' being larger than the other two letters.
Image 1309-07a
'C F' flanking crowned shield. Decorator / retailer mark, see also Image 1309-07 in the BAVARIA section.(Picture by Sara)
Image 1102-08a
'DEKOR BAVAR' underglaze mark including what I see as 'a star above a mountain', just like in the next one.
Image 1102-08b
Decorator mark 'DEKOR BAVAR' with 'star above mountain' and some sort of tower. Partially covered Arzberg original mark used 1949-1970.
Image 1309-23
Bell-shaped object above 'DRESDEN'.(Picture by Olaf Kroschke-Paulus)
Image 0906-58
'FRAIN' is a town in Moravia, but who there (or elsewhere) actually used a mark like this ?
Image 1104-01
Crowned initials 'G-K' flanked by lions.
Image 1309-17
Letters 'H R G' placed in a heart shape.
Image 1005-13
Crown above superposed 'H R' above 'RUDOLSTADT', possibly a mark of Hans Richter, heir of Reinhold Richter.
Image 1005-16
Crown above superposed 'H S' in a wreath. Claimed to be a mark of Herbert Schiffer from the town of Raeren near Aachen, but still in doubt.
Image 1005-03
Superposed initials 'J H' or 'H J'. Often incorrectly claimed to be a mark used in Huettensteinach.(Picture by Margherita Fusco)
Image 1111-08
Modern mark of Josef Obermaier. Claimed to have mainly 'made' beer steins but was only a reseller.
Image 0906-45
Sticker with the words 'KERAMIK KERUSKA'.
Image 0906-41
'KRÜGER' and 'ECHT COBALT'. Here shown without any addition but the same is also found above 'GERMANY'.
Image 1104-23
Sticker showing 'KUNST' above a jug above 'KERAMIK'.
Image 0906-53
Crowned shield with 'L' often claimed to be Ernst Bohne Söhne (Rudolstadt, Thuringia).
Image 0503-15
Shield containing 'ROYAL THURINGIA' above the initials 'L.D.C.'.
Image 1111-05
Copy of a Hutschenreuther (Selb, Bavaria) mark form, here stating 'KÖNIGSPORZELLAN', 'M.A.H.', 'KUNSTABTEILUNG' and 'HANDMALEREI'.
Image 0906-32
Crown above capital 'M' and 'SAXEN'.
Image 1207-04
A crowned 'N', this time however not one of the commonly found versions.(Picture by Renate Watkins)
Image 0906-42
Crowned 'O' superposed upon 'H' above 'DRESDEN' - perhaps Otto Hädrich (Reichenbach, Thuringia)?
Image 0503-13
Crowned shield containing 'P.M.' above crossed swords, stand-alone initials 'C.W.' placed underneath.
Image 0906-02
Looks similar to (but is not) a mark used by the Porzellanmanufaktur von Schierholz (Plaue, Thuringia).
Image 1111-13a
Logo used on the box: 'PORZELLAN' above 'PMI' and 'MANUFAKTUR'. Is this perhaps the mark used by the Neue Porzellanfabrik Ilmenau ?
Image 1111-13b
Sticker found on item: 'FEINSTES PMI PORZELLAN'.
Image 1111-13c
Sticker found on item: 'ITC SONDER EDITION' and 'PORZELLAN' above 'PMI' and 'MANUFAKTUR''.
Image 1009-02
No other marks but an eagle with the abbreviation 'PREUSS. PORZ.' for 'Preussisches Porzellan' (Prussian porcelain).
Image 0906-14
'ROTHELM' over 'PORZELLANFABRIK' and 'C D P'.
Image 0906-12
Mark just reads 'ROTHENWALD PORZELLAN'.
Image 0906-40
'ROYAL MUNICH' above 'HAND-PAINTED'. Decoration studio which obviously used items by Zeh, Scherzer & Co. or C.M. Hutschenreuther.
Image 1009-14
Simple 'ROYAL MÜNCHEN'; can be found either with or without the city name.
Image 1111-01
Initials 'S-J-K' in a fancy surrounding.
Image 1207-02
Impressed and superposed 'T H' initials.
Image 1005-18
Initials 'T' and 'H' flanking a symbol very similar to various Marzi & Remy marks.
Image 0503-11
Crowned shield containig a person above something, all that above 'THURINGIA'. Claimed to have been used between 1955 and 1980.
Image 1309-02
Banner reading 'THURINGIA' standing above a capital 'K'
Image 0407-05
A house or church above 'THÜRINGEN' (the German name of Thuringia). Heiko Haine states 'Unknown' for this one.
Image 1111-14a
Tower of sorts flanked by the initials 'V' and 'Z'. Possibly of Bohemian/Czechoslovakian origin.(Picture by Mirek Doubrava)
Image 1111-14b
Tower of sorts flanked by the initials 'V' and 'Z', above 'PORCELAIN'.(Picture by Mirek Doubrava)
Image 1104-21
Triangular mark containing initials 'W P T', all above 'MAINZ' addition (decorator mark on a Seltmann (Vohenstrauss, Bavaria) item).
Image 0906-28
'W' next to a square symbol above a capital 'S'.
Image 1207-11
Oval containing a crowned 'W' above 'SILESIA PORCELAIN'. Appeared to be a ⇒cover-up mark at first, but in this specific case it did not cover an original.[ ⇒back to top ]
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