Pottery & porcelain
Riga marks
From 1891 · 39 marks.
- Active years
- From 1891
- Products
- porcelain, tableware
- Marks
- 39
Dated marks & timeline
39 marks
From 1933
JJPF
Used in 1933–1935 and, from 1936, on faience items; no final use date is supplied.
porcelain
The source records use , continuing on faience .
From 1933
JJPF
Used in 1933–1935 and, from 1936, on faience items; no final use date is supplied.
green · porcelain
The source records use , continuing on faience .
1936–1939
Zilon - Kauls Jessen elephant
green · porcelain · Riga, Latvia
Jessen Zilon-Kauls elephant mark.
c. 1940–1949
Jessen Riga early 1940s
The source places this impressed mark in the early 1940s.
impressed · porcelain
Jessen factory impressed mark.
Marks 25–39
1981
RPR
The 1841–1981 inscription commemorates an anniversary; the source dates use of this mark to 1981.
porcelain
Riga Factory anniversary mark.
Undated
porcelain
porcelain · Riga, Latvia
1843 is given as the factory establishment year, rather than a mark-use date.
Undated
J. Jaksch & Co. the Riga porcelain paint shop was active
The source dates the J. Jaksch & Co. porcelain painting shop to 1879–1914; these are activity dates.
painted · porcelain · Riga, Latvia
J. Jaksch & Co. painting shop.
Undated
J. Jaksch & Co. the Riga porcelain paint shop was active
The source dates the J. Jaksch & Co. porcelain painting shop to 1879–1914; these are activity dates.
painted · porcelain · Riga, Latvia
J. Jaksch & Co. painting shop.
About Riga
The former Kuznetsov factory in Riga was nationalized in 1940 and named Red Star. In 1947 it became Riga Porcelain and Faience Factory. The former Kuznetsov and Jessen factories merged in 1963; faience production ended in 1968 and the enterprise became Riga Porcelain Factory. Jakob Karl Jessen received permission to establish his factory in 1886 at Milgravis near Riga. It made porcelain tableware and, from 1890, insulators.
A fire stopped production in 1908, with restoration taking a year. Production was disrupted by the First World War and stopped again in 1930. It resumed in 1933, stopped in 1939 and restarted in 1941. Riga’s Kuznetsov factory was nationalised in 1940 and renamed Red Star. It later became Riga Porcelain and Faience Factory.
Jakob Karl Jessen’s separate factory near Riga began in 1886, producing tableware and electrical insulators; it suffered fire damage and repeated production interruptions. The former Kuznetsov and Jessen factories merged in 1963. Faience production ended in 1968 and the combined works became Riga Porcelain Factory.