Delft Ceramics 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.

Delft ceramics marks.

Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland. In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles. Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft.

You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Delftware was made as early as the 16th century. 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.

Our marks information is organized by shape and letter. 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. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands. Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print.

Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan. 1 the axe de dessel. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code.

If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks. Using the list year codes you can find out yourself in which year your delftware was produced. The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere. This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand.

Updated on september 10 2020. This might be a. Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials.

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. Find out more about their 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.

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. Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings. 2 the boat de boot.

Full list of year codes is in the table. Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production.