Delft Ceramics Marks

In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft.

Delft ceramics marks.

Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. Updated on september 10 2020. It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made. Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code.

In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production. 1 the axe de dessel. If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks. Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark.

Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings. 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. Using the list year codes you can find out yourself in which year your delftware was produced. Delft pottery marks and history and information.

Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan. Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland. You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Then select circle or oval in mark shape.

2 the boat de boot. The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere. Full list of year codes is in the table. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century.

For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. Our marks information is organized by shape and letter. In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands.

This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings. Find out more about their marks here. This might be a.

Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. Delftware was made as early as the 16th century. The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number. 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.

Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. 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. 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.