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The Marks on Pottery and Porcelain are of three kinds—factory, workman, and pattern mark. Thefirst is usually placed in a prominent position, sometimes accompanied by the mark of the maker or decorator. Sévres Porcelain, for instance, often having four or five workmen’s marks, besides that of the factory. The
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Handbook of marks on pottery & porcelain. Burton, William; Hobson, R. L. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. Creator: Burton, William; Hobson, R. L. Published: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. Subject: Art and Design; Pottery. Topic: Handicraft. No Copyright - United States. Cite This: View Citations.
- William Burton, R. L. Hobson
- 2010
- THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
- & PORCELAIN
- INTRODUCTION
- It has been assumed that the collector is acquainted with
- Stoneware includes the hard, vitrified and impermeable
- The porcelains are classified in the customary way, as
- INTRODUCTION
- European faience, and nearly every kind of European pottery
- POTTERY MARKS
- CONTENTS
- Holland
- POTTERY MARKS
- h.p. = hard-paste porcelain,
- WORKS OF REFERENCE CONSULTED
- Italian pottery made from the fifteenth century onwards, though
- Mezza-maiolica is the name given to a common buff
- Maiolica proper was fashioned in a buff ware, more carefully
- ITALIAN PORCELAIN
NEW YORK • BOSTON • CHICAGO ATLANTA • SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO
BY W. BURTON, M.A. AUTHOR OF ' A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN,' ' A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH EARTHENWARE AND STONEWARE,' ' PORCELAIN, ITS MANUFACTURE,' ETC. R. L. HOBSON, B.A. AUTHOR OF THE GUIDE TO, AND CATALOGUES OF, THE POTTERY JtND PORCELAIN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, ' PORCELAIN ORIENTAL, CONTINENTAL, AND BRITISH,' ETC,
The ardent collector of Pottery or Porcelain, even when he has long passed his "novitiate," constantly feels the need of a reliable pocket volume containing the authentic and indisputable marks of the pottery and porcelain of the best " collectors' periods. It has been our aim to supply such a volume in a condensed and practical form. The only mark...
the broad distinctions of Simple Pottery, Faience, Stoneware, and Porcelain. The terms are used here in a very definite way. Simple Pottery includes all the forms of earthenware whether made from white or coloured clays, glazed with a transparent lead glaze. Faience includes all the forms of earthenware, coated with tin-enamel, such as Majolica, De...
kinds of earthenware, whether Rhenish, English, or Oriental.
hard-paste or soft-paste. The hard-paste group includes such well-defined types as the Chinese, Japanese, German, and modern Continental porcelains. The soft-paste group includes all the porcelains in which the fired body is distinctly softer than in the former group. The soft-paste porcelains comprise two distinct varieties, which are of widely di...
vii has been increasingly followed, with some exceptions, to the present day. The under-glaze marks are of two kinds : (a) those stamped or incised in the body of the ware while it is still soft. These are perhaps the most reliable of all marks, for once made it is very difficult to remove or alter them. They may, however, be so imperfectly formed,...
and porcelain. Down to the end of the eighteenth century, practically all under-glaze marks were in blue (the most avail-able colour), and it is only in the nineteenth century, as a rule, that under-glaze marks in black, pink, or green are found. Many of these later marks are printed and not painted. In all the old wares, where not otherwise specif...
tendency of many old factories (and some modern ones) to borrow each other's marks, or to adopt signs similar to those in use at some more famous works, is a source of endless confusion which can only be avoided by a knowledge of the wares themselves. The period covered extends roughly from the Middle Ages to 1850, though a selection of certain mod...
Italian Maiolica Italian Porcelain German Pottery German Porcelain Austria-Hungary
Belgium Scandinavia Russia . Switzerland Alsace-Lorraine .
Persia and the Near East Chinese Porcelain Chinese Pottery Japanese Pottery Japanese Porcelain
s.p. — soft-paste porcelain, p. = painted, pr. = printed, inc. = incised. imp. = impressed or stamped. St. = stencilled.
Auscher, E. S., A History and Description of French Porcelain. Barber, E. A., Marks of American Potters. Berling, F. , Das Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Brinckmann, Fiihrer durch das hamburgisches Museum ftir Kunst J., und Gewerbe. Burton, W., A History and Description of English Porcelain. A History and Description of English Earthenwar...
it is often used to embrace certain kinds of ware to which the name is not strictly applicable, viz. mezza-maiolica, graffiato wares, and the later lead-glazed, white earthenwares of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
earthenware, coated with a wash of white clay (slip), and painted in simple, often crude tints of green, blue, and purplish brown, under a thin colourless glaze. It was the precursor of true maiolica. Graffiato ware is a mezza-maiolica, with a substantial coating of white slip, which was decorated by scratching or cutting out a pattern through this...
prepared and closer in texture than mezza-maiolica, and is coated with a white, opaque layer of tin-enamel (instead of slip), on which the painter laid his colours : the later and more delicately painted maiolica was finished with an additional thin coat of colourless glaze, applied over the fired colours, like the varnish over a picture. Up to the...
The earliest Italian porcelain, of which marked examples are known, was made at Florence under the patronage of Francesco Maria di Medici in the last half of the sixteenth century, and is called " Medici Porcelain." This " Medici " porcelain owed its translucence to the glass used in its preparation. It is among the rarest of ceramic treasures, and...
Nov 13, 2022 · Pottery marks are usually located on the bottom of a piece of pottery. They can be used to help identify the maker of the piece when it was made, and what order it was made in. There are three main types of pottery marks: trademarks, artists’ signatures, and initials.
ean pottery and porc elain. Down to the end of the eighteenth c entury practically, all under-gla ze marks wer e in blue (the most avail able colour), and it is only in the nin eteenth c entury, as a rule that und, er-gla z e marks in black, pink, or gre en are found. Many of these later marks are printed and not painted. In all the old war es ...
Scott produces authentic Native American Indian pottery in the style of the ancient Muscogee tribes of the Late Woodland and Missippian period 600 A.D. - 1650 A.D. His effigy pots represent an unusual and interesting look back in time to pre-columbian times.
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Dec 16, 2021 · Pottery Marks Identification Guide & Index. You will find below a collection of pottery marks using photos and images from our antique collection. For easy reference and as a quick guide to the possible attribution of your latest porcelain collectible or pottery marks.
