Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), probably the best-known illustrator of twentieth-century American life, painted illustrations and was art director for Boy’s Life, the Boy Scouts of America magazine, while still in his teens. In 1916 he painted the first of 321 covers he produced for Saturday Evening Post over the next 47 years. These covers showed ordinary […]

Other European Pottery and Porcelain Factories and Makers

Listed are working dates of the pottery. Pottery Location Dates of Operation Mark Arte Della Ceramica Florence, Italy 1896-1906 Boch Frères La Louvière, Belgium 1841-2009 Dalpayrat, Pierre-Adrien Bourg-la-Reine, France 1876-1888 Deck, Theodore France 1859-1891 Delaherche, Auguste France 1894-c.1940 Doat, Taxile Sèvres, France United States 1877-1905 1909-1911 Gallé, Emile Nancy, France 1874-1935 Gustavsberg (The company broke […]

R.S. Prussia and Gouda Marks

R.S. PRUSSIA Pottery Dates Mark Erdmann Schlegelmilch 1880s-1890s Reinhold Schlegelmilch Late 1880s-1917 Carl Schlegelmilch 1882-1919 Oscar Schlegelmilch 1890s GOUDA Zenith Pottery Factory 1891+ Regina Art Pottery 1898-1910

Place Names in Marks in European Ceramics

Wars, elections, and laws can change the country name used on dishes. If you have tableware or any item marked with a country name, these are the earliest years or the span of years the name was used on ceramics. Sometimes the mark was written with symbols or letters used by the country that made […]

Belleek Marks

Belleek Pottery Limited’s mark has changed every few years, so it is easy to date a piece. DATE COLOR MARK 1891–1926 Black 1926–1946 1946–1955 1955-1965 Black Green Green®added 1965–1981 Green 1981–c.1984 c.1984–1992 Gold Brown 1993–1996 Blue 1997–1999 Blue 2000 Black

Gouda Marks

This table lists factories that made Gouda pottery, their marks, and the year each mark came into use. Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland (PZH) Mark used 1926 Zenith Plateelbakkerij en Pijpenfabrieken Mark used c.1920 Plateelfabriek Ivora Mark used c.1925 Plateelfabriek Regina Mark used after c.1938 Firma Eduard Antheunis Mark used c.1920

Hummel Marks

Mark Description Date Crown Mark (Trademark-1) 1934-1950 Full Bee (Trademark-2) 1940-1959 Stylized Bee (Trademark-3) 1958-1972 Three Line Mark (Trademark-4) 1964-1972 Last Bee Mark (Trademark-5) 1972-1979 Missing Bee Mark (Trademark-6) 1979-1991 New Mark (Trademark-7) 1991-1999 Millennium Bee The millennium Bee was a special mark for the year 2000. A different mark was used from 1999-2008 and […]

French Marks

France Dates of mark Mark Quimper Bosquet mid-19th century Quimper Eloury c.1860 Quimper Dumaine c.1886-1926 Sarreguemines Utzchneider and Company Before 1890 Sevres interlaced L’s mark

Austrian and Danish Marks

This table contains the names of important Austrian and Danish porcelain makers, their locations, marks, and dates the marks were used. Company Location Dates Mark Austrian Marks Amphora Porcelain Works Austria 1892-1918 Amphora Porcelain Works Austria 1892-1905 Danish Marks Bing & Grondahl Denmark 1853 Bing & Grondahl Denmark 1898+ Royal Copenhagen Denmark 1775-1820 1850-1870 Royal […]

Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns

Halloween has a long history. It started in ancient times as a harvest festival called Samham. It was celebrated in many different ways for centuries and turned into a day of the dead, or a time of angels, until the early 1800s when the Irish and English had All Saints Day, then All hallow Eve, […]