If you found a copy of China Marks and Pottery Marks by Gilman Collamore & Co (circa 1900), for example, you would have access to first-hand sources of many marks that would otherwise be lost to time.

After Marco Polo encountered porcelain, in fourteenth-century China, the fine pottery became an object of love, greed, and fetishization in the West ...

Information or research assistance regarding porcelain and pottery marks is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those ...

The mark's history starts with the Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory of Vienna, founded in 1718 by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. It was the second manufactory, after Meissen, to produce ...

European artisans, eager to replicate the prized material, embarked on extensive experimentation. Early attempts led to the ...

The first European porcelain factory was established in Saxony in 1710 after kaolin was discovered nearby. The first porcelain with the Limoges mark was produced in 1771.

In 1790, the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory received a commission to create a magnificent set of china–80 place settings and accompanying serving pieces–apparently as a royal gift from … ...

When porcelain arrived in Europe from China in the 16th Century it caused a sensation. Potters in Jingdezhen had made a magical material never seen before.

A little less well known is that the Chinese perfected the manufacturing process for fine porcelain, centuries before Europe had a clue. But not for lack of trying.

Although he has the face of a European aristocrat, Attila Keczer works for a living — painting birds, flowers and fishnet patterns on Herend porcelain. Herend, a Hungarian company founded in ...