Delft Ceramics Marks

Delft pottery marks and history and information.

Delft ceramics marks.

Using the list year codes you can find out yourself in which year your delftware was produced. This might be a. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials. 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.

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. Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland. 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. This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand.

For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. 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. If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks.

1 the axe de dessel. In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production. Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings. It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made.

Full list of year codes is in the table. Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. Updated on september 10 2020. You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here.

Find out more about their marks here. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings. Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles.

Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands. 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. The porcelain bottle was revived in 1876 by thooft labouchere.

2 the boat de boot. In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century. Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print.

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. Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch.