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Czech porcelain marks

Czech porcelain marks often preserve more than one geographical history. Bohemian factories used German-language town names alongside emblems, initials and country statements. Carlsbad is Karlovy Vary, Dux is Duchcov, Turn-Teplitz is Trnovany, and Klösterle is Klášterec nad Ohří. A change of language or country wording can occur while production continues at the same site.

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Key makers’ marks

14 marks

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former Chodau Dolni Chodov

1835–1845

KODAU

impressed · faience, porcelain · Czechoslovakia

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former Altrohlau Stara Role

1838–1884

impressed · porcelain, faience

impressed · porcelain, faience · Czechoslovakia

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former Schlagenwald Slavkov

After 1866

printed · various colours · porcelain

printed · various colours · porcelain · Czechoslovakia

Printed mark in different colours. .

Czech porcelain marks mark, c. 1899–1905

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Amphora / Riessner works

c. 1899–1905

TURN-TEPLITZ-BOHEMIA; RStK; MADE IN AUSTRIA

Red urn-and-initials stamp; the separate three-rifle device at left is Max Emanuel’s retailer mark.

printed · pottery or porcelain · Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia

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Royal Dux

1918–1945

DUX

porcelain · Dux (Duchcov)

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Pirkenhammer Brezova

1945–1990

Pirkenhammer Made in Czechoslovakia

porcelain · Březová, Bohemia

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Pirkenhammer Brezova

1960–1990

Czechoslovakia two hammers

porcelain · Březová, Bohemia

Czech porcelain marks mark, c. From 1990

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Royal Dux

c. From 1990

ROYAL DUX BOHEMIA D

label · porcelain · Dux (Duchcov)

Royal Dux D sticker used from 1990s

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Concordia Lesov :Lessau marks.

To 1991

CL CZECHOSLOVAKIA

porcelain

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Chodov

1991–2003

H&C

painted · porcelain

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Royal Dux

Undated

Royal Dux Bohemia E

pink · porcelain · Dux (Duchcov)

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Klasterec

Undated

porcelain

porcelain · Klášterec, Czechoslovakia

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Klasterec

Undated

porcelain

porcelain · Klášterec, Czechoslovakia

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Eichwald / B. Bloch

Undated

Eichwald / CZECHOSLOVAKIA

The Czechoslovakia panel distinguishes this composite mark from the name-only impression.

moulded in relief · glazed earthenware · Dubí (Eichwald), Bohemia

About Czech porcelain marks

Porcelain manufacture developed in western Bohemia in the late eighteenth century. The Klášterec factory dates from 1794; other centres included Horní Slavkov, Březová, Chodov and Stará Role. Named tableware businesses used crowns, crossed tools, monograms and full factory names. Pirkenhammer’s crossed hammers are different from a crowned TK or a Royal Dux triangle.

Northern Bohemian art ceramics form another important branch. Royal Dux at Duchcov made figures and decorative wares. Amphora, established in Trnovany in 1892, became known for artistic ceramics. B. Bloch’s Eichwald production included majolica as well as porcelain from separate works. These materials and company histories should be compared individually.

BOHEMIA is a regional term, while AUSTRIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA and CZECH REPUBLIC are country-wording clues used in different contexts. None names a single factory. Read the exact logo, town and origin line together. Factory ownership, decorating studios and export brands can add further stamps, while model and painter’s numbers normally serve different purposes from a date.

How to read the marks

Record the complete stamp, including German-language town names and later country lines.

Match place pairs such as DUX–Duchcov and PIRKENHAMMER–Březová without merging different factories in the same area.

Compare distinctive devices: the Royal Dux applied triangle, crossed hammers, crowned TK and named Amphora formats.

Distinguish porcelain from majolica or other earthenware before using a factory’s mark sequence.

Keep distributor, decorator and factory marks separate when several appear.

Read mould and painter’s numbers separately from the company logo or country wording.

Key makers

Royal Dux

Dux / Duchcov, Bohemia, now Czechia · Factory origins in the mid-19th century; Eduard Eichler ownership from 1860.

Porcelain figures and ornamental ceramics, with earlier earthenware and majolica production.

Amphora / Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel

Turn-Teplitz / Trnovany, Bohemia, now Teplice, Czechia · Established 1892; company names changed later.

Art pottery, sculptural vessels and decorative ceramics.

B. Bloch / Eichwald

Hohenstein and Eichwald / Dubí, Bohemia, now Czechia · B. Bloch business from 1871; Eichwald majolica factory acquired 1889 and porcelain works acquired 1899.

Majolica, earthenware, stoneware and porcelain from separate factories.

Klösterle / Klášterec, associated with the Thun name

Klášterec nad Ohří, Bohemia, Czechia · Factory founded 1794; later ownership and corporate forms.

Porcelain table services and related wares.

Look-alikes & fakes

BOHEMIA or AUSTRIA as a factory name

These words can occur at several Bohemian businesses. Read the independent name, town and emblem before identifying the manufacturer.

Royal Dux printed and applied triangles

Compare an applied ceramic pad with a printed stamp or foil label. Similar triangle wording does not make their construction or periods identical.

Eichwald and nearby Aich/EPIAG

Aich and Eichwald are different factory identities. An EPIAG stamp that reads AICH should not be assigned to Eichwald from a surrounding group label.

Copied European royal devices

Crowns and initials resemble those of German and Austrian factories. Match the full company and place wording, and compare body and decoration with the corresponding period.