Your Guide to Identifying Pottery and Porcelain Marks. Roxanna Coldiron. Fri, February 21, ... senior vice president of European Decorative Arts and Silver for Skinner Inc, ...

Information or research assistance regarding porcelain and pottery marks is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those ...

The mark's history starts with the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory of Vienna, founded in 1718 by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. It was the second manufactory, after Meissen, to produce ...

The Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection of European Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century. Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1965. Chaffers, Wm. Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain.

Although he has the face of a European aristocrat, Attila Keczer works for a living — painting birds, flowers and fishnet patterns on Herend porcelain. Herend, a Hungarian company founded in ...

The first European porcelain factory was established in Saxony in 1710 after kaolin was discovered nearby. The first porcelain with the Limoges mark was produced in 1771.

During the 17th century, Europeans were increasingly exposed to world cultures that existed around them. Travel by sea happened for more than just explorers commissioned by governments, but for ...

European artisans, eager to replicate the prized material, embarked on extensive experimentation. Early attempts led to the creation of soft-paste porcelain, which, while bearing some resemblance ...