Hello,
I have made a account for this site some time ago and i just found out there is a Forum.
Most of the time i can find the the marks of my Porcelain or Ceramics but this time it seems like a impossible job. After searching the weg some time now i found out that Dresden marked porcelain is not made in Dresden but in little towns around it. I also find out that after 1901 they started adding a blue crown to the marks.
Now i have two plates that are just marked Dresden and some stamping in numbers.
The bottom of the edge has little dot marks. In Dutch we call that Plateel. Translaters can’t give me a good translation of it. I first got Faiance but i’m not sure that’s a good translation. Simple explained it is Clay… not porcelain or anything ‘fancy’.
Does anyone know what to make of just the Mark Dresden. A time of production would be nice. 😀
[quote]… After searching the weg some time now i found out that Dresden marked porcelain is not made in Dresden but in little towns around it. I also find out that after 1901 they started adding a blue crown to the marks. …[/quote]
I do not know where you found that, but most of it is -more or less- nonsense. Which is not your fault, actually. So let me help you a little:
– “Dresden” may or may not refer to the name of a city in Germany.
– Dresden city housed *many* decorators and studios, but no manufacturers.
– “Dresden” therefore became the name of a certain floral decoration style.
– “Dresden” does NOT refer to laced porcelain (= modern urban legend).
The term “Dresden” may be applied on items decorated in “Dresden” style, no matter where they were produced (e.g. Ireland, Bavaria, etc.). Also, other uses of “Dresden” are to be found, like the “Dresden Potteries” located in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA.
Your items appear to be from the Dresden Potteries, sadly not my area of knowledge.
