Delft Ceramics Marks

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Delft ceramics marks.

Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production. Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. 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.

2 the boat de boot. Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings. The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number. Our marks information is organized by shape and letter.

Full list of year codes is in the table. Delftware was made as early as the 16th century. 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. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials.

Using the list year codes you can find out yourself in which year your delftware was produced. Delft pottery marks and history and information. Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print. It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made.

You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Name of a city delft equally important are other markings. Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan. This might be a.

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. Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. Updated on september 10 2020. If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks.

Look for a crown above the writing handpainted delft blue made in holland. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century. This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand. 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.

In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft. For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. Find out more about their marks here.

In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles. Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. Then select circle or oval in mark shape.