Delft Ceramics Marks

If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks.

Delft ceramics marks. Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Then select circle or oval in mark shape. The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number.

It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made. If you have more information such as a name in the mark you can then put it in the filter and it will narrow the options even more. Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan.

Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century. Our marks information is organized by shape and letter. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings.

Delftware was made as early as the 16th century. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. Find out more about their marks here. The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere.

Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. Delfts blauw is a general term now used for dutch tin glazed earthenware a form of faience most of it is blue and white pottery and the city of delft in the netherlands was the major centre of production but the term covers wares with other colours and made elsewhere. Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. The design is a large blue v with an o on the left upper arm of the v and a c on the right upper arm of the v.

This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials. Today the term delftware can apply to pottery made in the netherlands or in england where the dutch technique of using tin fired clay was also used. In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production.

Full list of year codes is in the table. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands. Updated on september 10 2020. This might be a.

For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft. 1 the axe de dessel. Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings.

Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland. Delft pottery marks and history and information. It was originally a low fired earthenware that was coated with a very thin opaque tin glaze and then a painted blue or polychrome design was applied.