c. From 1898
Grueby pottery
FAIENCE CO. is the earlier lotus wording; it was still used after POTTERY appeared.
The mark collection
Pottery marks by maker and country
Pottery marks combine factory emblems with body names: IRONSTONE describes a ceramic body, while BURSLEM names a Stoke-on-Trent town.
3,950 makers / 22,223 marks
Start with the maker’s name or the shape of the mark. Open a maker to compare wording, dates and the small details that distinguish one mark from another.
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Popular makers
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From 1852
Jean Pouyat / La Céramique
The dividing line was introduced in 1852; the absence of FRANCE alone does not date a mark to before 1891.
c. 1880–1891
Tressemanes & Vogt
Full company names in a circle distinguish the exporter’s stamp from the later rectangular initials.
Browse makers
197 makersGrueby potteryUnited States6 marksMeissenGermany151 marksJ. Pouyat LimogesFrance5 marksPfaltzgraffUnited States5 marksTressemanes & VogtFrance5 marksSatsumaJapan7 marksMark HewittUnited States16 marksPeter VoulkosUnited States23 marksBybee PotteryUnited States6 marksCamark PotteryUnited States5 marksMonmouthUnited States5 marksRoyal DuxCzech Republic21 marksWilliam Moorcroft LtdUnited Kingdom5 marksFiestaUnited States6 marksDenbyUnited Kingdom6 marksVan BriggleUnited States5 marksGainey CeramicsUnited States5 marksSarregueminesGermany19 marksBeaumont Brothers PotteryUnited States5 marksRochardUnited States5 marksBelleekIreland21 marksRoyal WorcesterUnited Kingdom5 marksM. I. Hummel figurinesGermany5 marksMorimura BrothersJapan5 marksCapodimonteItaly24 marksKen Edwards5 marksCarlton Ware LtdUnited Kingdom5 marksMarblehead PotteryUnited States5 marksLeftonUnited States5 marksGeorge OhrUnited States5 marksKarl ENSGermany5 marksRumRill PotteryUnited States5 marksAmphora potteryCzech Republic5 marksDeruta, ItalyItaly5 marksJohann HavilandGermany5 marksPilkington’s Royal LancastrianUnited Kingdom5 marksWinterlingGermany5 marksDelftNetherlands236 marksLisa LarsonSweden5 marksDelfts6 marksC.T. Altwasser27 marksWaldershof — Franz NeukirchnerGermany6 marksRoyal Doulton56 marksMaria Poveka MartinezUnited States14 marksRoyal CopenhagenDenmark11 marksBitossiItaly5 marksCrown Potteries CompanyUnited States7 marksWestern StonewareUnited States5 marksRoyal Grafton China LtdUnited Kingdom6 marksLladróSpain5 marksLimoges FranceFrance5 marksRaymorUnited States5 marksGlidden PotteryUnited States5 marksTettauGermany13 marksVolkstedtGermany65 marksCatalina potteryUnited States5 marksWarren MacKenzieUnited States15 marksShenango ChinaUnited States5 marksKeele Street Pottery Co LtdUnited Kingdom5 marksWilliam Guérin LimogesFrance5 marksBrush PotteryUnited States5 marksR H & S L PlantUnited Kingdom7 marksCrown LynnNew Zealand5 marksMarshall PotteryUnited States5 marksR.S. Prussia5 marksHomer LaughlinUnited States6 marksFukagawaJapan5 marksUnited WilsonChina5 marksHutschenreuther12 marksFitz and Floyd5 marksHerendHungary26 marksPewabicUnited States5 marksNew Hall Pottery Co LtdUnited Kingdom10 marksSimon & HalbigGermany5 marksBauer PotteryUnited States5 marksRoyal Crown DerbyUnited Kingdom5 marksBurgess & LeighUnited Kingdom30 marksPorzellanfiguren Gräfenthal GmbHGermany43 marksCantagalliItaly5 marksLovatt & LovattUnited Kingdom5 marksSalmon FallsUnited States5 marksMason's Ironstone ChinaUnited Kingdom6 marksDresden Porcelain CoUnited Kingdom7 marksShearwaterUnited States6 marksFlight, Barr & BarrUnited Kingdom5 marksDulevo17 marksWattUnited States5 marksWalter Benjamin StephenUnited States15 marksWileman & CoUnited Kingdom12 marksHampshire PotteryUnited States7 marksW. S. GeorgeUnited States5 marksHans CoperUnited Kingdom2 marksSèvres712 marksWatcombe PotteryUnited Kingdom5 marksEichwald5 marksEmma Bridgewater LtdUnited Kingdom5 marksBing & GrondahlDenmark19 marksMetloxUnited States5 marksGoldscheider11 marksFrankomaUnited States5 marksCopeland & GarrettUnited Kingdom15 marksJanet LeachUnited Kingdom1 markHornseaUnited Kingdom5 marksNoritakeJapan32 marksA E Gray and Co LtdUnited Kingdom17 marksNewcomb PotteryUnited States5 marksTalaveraSpain6 marksAhrenfeldt LimogesFrance11 marksLindnerGermany5 marksRookwood PotteryUnited States5 marksWarwick ChinaUnited States5 marksImperial porcelain plantRussia112 marksGoebel10 marksRoyal HaegerUnited States5 marksBernard LeachUnited Kingdom3 marksDartington PotteryUnited Kingdom5 marksJugtown Pottery Vernon OwensUnited States5 marksGlasgow PotteryUnited States8 marksCmielowPoland43 marksSitzendorfGermany8 marksCaughleyUnited Kingdom26 marksPorcelana Krzysztof Sp.ZOO72 marksThomas13 marksKahlaGermany17 marksMajolica17 marksRosenthalGermany40 marksDavenport PotteryUnited Kingdom5 marksMinton & CoUnited Kingdom12 marksDerbyUnited Kingdom35 marksCoalportUnited Kingdom11 marksLowestoftUnited Kingdom2 marksGrimwades LtdUnited Kingdom40 marksBeswick36 marksDoultonUnited Kingdom18 marksWallendorfGermany44 marksGrimwade BrosUnited Kingdom7 marksRoyal Stafford China (Props: Thomas Poole and Gladstone China Ltd)United Kingdom4 marksS BridgwoodUnited Kingdom16 marksRorstrandSweden7 marksZsolnay13 marksLunevilleFrance20 marksBernardaud7 marksStoke-on-TrentUnited Kingdom22 marksNymphenburgGermany32 marksGinori18 marksImperial35 marksDesvresFrance12 marksGustavsbergSweden3 marksFaenzaItaly39 marksMitterteich BavariaGermany11 marksHammersleyUnited Kingdom33 marksBowUnited Kingdom25 marksF Winkle & CoUnited Kingdom11 marksMoustiersFrance60 marksCopenhagenDenmark48 marksS Fielding & Co (Ltd)United Kingdom31 marksAdderleyUnited Kingdom25 marksEtruria PotteryUnited Kingdom24 marksBooths LtdUnited Kingdom20 marksLenox Pottery19 marksHochstGermany15 marksNew Wharf Pottery CoUnited Kingdom14 marksVienna12 marksWalbrzychPoland11 marksHollinshead & Kirkham (Ltd)United Kingdom9 marksTirschenreuth9 marksPowell & Bishop7 marksCobridgeUnited Kingdom2 marksMettlachGermany2 marksFurstenbergGermany25 marksChelseaUnited Kingdom24 marksBishop & StonierUnited Kingdom9 marksKalk11 marksLiverpoolUnited Kingdom5 marksHeinrich & CoGermany11 marksSwanseaUnited Kingdom6 marksRidgwaysUnited Kingdom19 marksJoseph ClementsonUnited Kingdom9 marksLeedsUnited Kingdom2 marksGerz8 marksMarzi & Remy6 marksLate Mayers3 marksWorcesterUnited Kingdom120 marksSt. AmandFrance86 marksCastelliItaly12 marksRoslyn ChinaUnited Kingdom6 marksGerold21 marksSchönwaldGermany14 marksHutschenreuther Hohenberg13 marksColclough & CoUnited Kingdom4 marksDenmark4 marksNaplesItaly25 marksBerlinGermany23 marksKatzhutteGermany12 marksSecla Portugal1 markBurslemUnited Kingdom3 marksPlymouthUnited Kingdom3 marks