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Porcelain Box Maker Assistance

Sorry for being direct (Czechs and Germans are like that) but you will probably never find out who actually MADE the item as the mark shown is that of the importer and retailer Charles Ahrenfeldt from...

April 12, 2024 5
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Is this afghan dog Kay Finch?

This site is literally stuck in the stone age when digital images were max. 640x480 pixels and no larger than 50kb each. On top, it's literally dead after the owners scared away all knowing folk by ignoring...

April 10, 2024 5
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Please help with an after glaze mark for Pearce & Passenger – who are they?

A typical retailer marking. "Pearce & Passenger" were a glass/ceramics/china retailer; the item itself was produced by "Pinder, Bourne & Hope" (Burslem/Stoke-on-Trent/UK).

March 15, 2023 5
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No More! Made in Germany Souvenir/Political Dish

As the image on the item is a little amateur-ish and the text is not centered I would assume that the item was (re)decorated by a hobbyist. The red mark - a plain 'x', no "crossed swords" by the way -...

March 9, 2023 5
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German pottery mark elaborate help

Factory of Hugo Reinhold & Co. from the city of Bunzlau, Silesia.

January 18, 2023 5
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Need help identifying mark on Figurine Porcelain Lamp

Shown mark is often claimed to be of german origin, constantly backed up by some story and hints towards one of the larger german manufacturers. These stories are all false; items with this mark are everything...

October 6, 2022 5
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how to identify porcelain by mold and painting numbers

"... as far as I know it can be checked by the numbers of the mold, painting and artist ..." There is no general number database which would allow you to simply enter a code and see who made an item,...

July 15, 2022 5
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Help with history of my plate.

Your question WAS answered. Why should I try to prove the obvious to somebody that is evidently butthurt by an answer they did not expect? Not my fault if you can not understand that items (re)painted...

May 16, 2022 5
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Help with history of my plate.

As you unselected my answer it appears that you did not like it. However that does not change a thing; the item is ruined no matter what the owner wants to see in it.

May 16, 2022 5
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May 15, 2022 -2
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Help with history of my plate.

"History" is relative. It is an item formerly made at the factory of Lorenz Hutscherneuther; this item was then re-decorated by a hobbyist. Original creator, age or former item value all become irrelevant...

May 14, 2022 5
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Looking for information on this Set It was once a complete Coffee Set

The Friedrich Simon business from Karlsbad (alt. spelling: "Carlsbad") in Austrian Bohemia was merely a decoration studio. As such the number of complete sets they produced was very small in comparison...

May 8, 2022 5
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Help identifying K and A Krautheim pattern

Sorry, this site does not alert uses when comments (instead of replies) are left so I only now saw your question. Following WW2 the Allies stationed their troops inside Germany and most barracks included...

April 30, 2022 5
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Help identifying K and A Krautheim pattern

You should visually check sites like Replacements.com because chances are that your pattern never had a name but a pattern code. Hold in mind that most German producers for various reasons simply did not...

April 24, 2022 5
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Mettlach Plaque 1108

The question is: where they actually SOLD for those prices or where that made-up price demands by potential sellers? Just asking. eBay, Ruby Lane and such can be very misleading when it comes to pricing....

March 23, 2022 5
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seeking date/pattern of this Jean Pouyet covered dish

French goods are not my glass of beer but I know some quite well. The color of Pouyat marks is irrelevant; also they added "France" on export items only, speaking against the World Fair theory as those...

February 5, 2022 5
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Value of Carlsbad Vase

I assume that the reason you can not find any references online is probably related to incorrect search terms as it is not "JW" but "JK" (or rather "JKW"). Try again using the full company name or terms...

December 18, 2021 5
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Antique Metal Lighting, Ceiling & Wall Lanterns, Metal Ware at Anthony Short Antiques

Last time I checked Kovel'S TOS included a passage on advertising, clearly stating that it was "verboten". Advertising your crap like this only shows what a shady business you have.

October 15, 2021 5
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Schumann Bavaria oval dish

There are no images showing up, so we can't help. I have to chuckle at "one-off" with Schumann though, as Schumann's second name was "mass-produce". You have harder to find items and sets but definitely...

October 2, 2021 5
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please help I am so lost and confused

I am also confused - first of all, why a "membership"? This forum is free of charge; only the utterly useless or outdated segments of the Kovels website are blocked behind a paywall. Then you try to explain...

September 8, 2021 5
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