Symbol guide
Crown mark on pottery
Crown mark on pottery appears on Imperial porcelain plant porcelain from Saint Petersburg, Russia, with a mark period of 1762–1796.
Related marks
2,515 marks
c. 1872–1911
Wileman & Co
This mark dates to about 1872–1911; registration 115510 dates the shape to 10 December 1888 and 117220 the pattern to 9 January 1889.
Separating the recorded variants
Frankenthal marks can combine a crown with CT, while Ludwigsburg uses a different monogram tradition. A crowned N belongs to another ceramic context. Count the arches and retain initials, dots and country wording.
What to check next
Compare the complete maker examples below, including the mark technique and the position of every letter. A painted decorator initial outside a factory emblem and a letter inside the emblem can have different owners and purposes.
Compare the maker’s other marks
MeissenRoyal DuxSarregueminesCapodimonteDelftDelftsRoyal DoultonRoyal CopenhagenTettauVolkstedtR H & S L PlantHerendMason's Ironstone ChinaDresden Porcelain CoDulevoWileman & CoSèvresGoldscheiderCopeland & GarrettA E Gray and Co LtdImperial porcelain plantGoebelCmielowSitzendorfKahlaMajolicaRosenthalMinton & CoDerbyGrimwades LtdBeswickDoultonWallendorfGrimwade BrosRoyal Stafford China (Props: Thomas Poole and Gladstone China Ltd)S BridgwoodRorstrandLunevilleStoke-on-TrentNymphenburgGinoriImperialMitterteich BavariaHammersleyCopenhagenS Fielding & Co (Ltd)AdderleyEtruria PotteryBooths LtdHochstNew Wharf Pottery CoViennaLenox PotteryWalbrzychTirschenreuthPowell & BishopCobridgeFurstenbergChelseaBishop & StonierKalkLiverpoolHeinrich & CoSwanseaRidgwaysJoseph ClementsonWorcesterSt. AmandCastelliRoslyn ChinaGeroldSchönwaldHutschenreuther HohenbergColclough & CoNaplesBerlinLilleGardner plantLudwigsburgFrankenthalParisW H Grindley & Co (Ltd)Buen RetiroCrown Staffordshire Porcelain Co LtdA Meakin (Ltd) Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) LtdLimbachJ Kent (James, Ltd)J Maddock & Sons (Ltd)Kuznetsov plantNiederweilerIlmenauKöniglich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik TettauKuznetsovGermanyI.E. Kuznetsov factoryKPM Berlin