Ware & regional marks
Dresden Germany marks include “D P Co L England” on porcelain in England, United Kingdom. Dresden Porcelain Co made china and porcelain.
Regional group with no shared company lifespan. Selected studio beginnings: Wolfsohn 1843, Klemm 1869, Carl Thieme factory 1872, Ambrosius Lamm 1887. Successor and factory histories differ.
Sächsische Porzellan-Fabrik Carl Thieme, Potschappel
c. From 1901
The plain interlaced monogram lacks the upper Original and lower Dresden lines of the other illustrated factory design.
painted blue factory mark
Sächsische Porzellan-Fabrik Carl Thieme and successors, Potschappel
c. From 1918
Original above and Dresden below distinguish the complete layout from the monogram-only design.
painted blue factory mark
Undated
The circular mark appears to precede the diamond variant.
porcelain · England, United Kingdom
Undated
Blyth Porcelain Co also used a similar diamond mark.
porcelain · England, United Kingdom
Richard Klemm decorating studio
Undated
RK initials distinguish this crowned device from the Wolfsohn D and generic crowned Dresden inscriptions.
painted blue decorator mark
Ambrosius Lamm decorating studio
Undated
A lamb replaces the crowns and letter monograms of other Dresden studios. The gold flower may cover the porcelain-body manufacturer’s device.
painted blue decorator mark with painted gold flower
Helena Wolfsohn and successors
Undated
D is accompanied by Handgemalt and Saxony; this is not the earlier AR monogram.
painted or printed blue decorator mark
Dresden porcelain encompasses manufacturers and decorating studios in Dresden and the surrounding Saxon area. Many workshops bought white porcelain from other factories, painted and gilded it, then added a decorator’s device. Table services, vases, ornamental figures and elaborate display pieces were decorated with flowers, garden scenes and historicist ornament. The name Dresden therefore appears on wares made through several different businesses.
Helena Wolfsohn advertised her Dresden antiques and porcelain business in 1843. Her daughter Emilie Elb took it over after her death in 1869, and the successor name Helena Wolfsohn Nachfolger Leopold Elb appeared in 1893. Richard Klemm established a decorating studio at Striesen in 1869. Ambrosius Lamm began in 1887; his wares include richly gilded dessert services with romantic garden scenes.
Carl Thieme took a different route by establishing a porcelain factory at Potschappel in 1872. It produced its own tableware, vases and sculpture, with applied flowers becoming an important feature. Its intertwined SP device and Dresden wording identify that manufacturing tradition. Independent decorators continued to use their own symbols, so the complete base inscription distinguishes the individual workshop within the wider Dresden trade.
Also known as: Dresden porcelain · Dresden ware · Dresdner Porzellan · Dresden porcelain manufacturers and decorating studios
Meissen supplied some blanks and inspired much Dresden decoration. A decorator’s crown, RK, D or lamb identifies a different workshop from the body’s crossed-swords manufacturer mark.
Dresden decorators also worked in the Vienna style. A shield-like device or portrait decoration needs the accompanying studio mark; the lamb or crowned initials identify the illustrated Dresden decorators.
