Delft Ceramics Marks

This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand.

Delft ceramics marks.

Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. Delft pottery marks and history and information. 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. Delftware was made as early as the 16th century.

In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials. In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles. Then select circle or oval in mark shape.

Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. 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. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings.

The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere. It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made. The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks.

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. Updated on september 10 2020. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands. Find out more about their marks here.

If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks. 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. 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. Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan.

Full list of year codes is in the table. 1 the axe de dessel. Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland.

Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print. You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings.

2 the boat de boot. For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. This might be a.