Delft Ceramics Marks

Identify delft pottery by looking at the markings.

Delft ceramics marks.

This might be a. It is also used for similar pottery that it influenced made. Delft pottery marks and history and information. Updated on september 10 2020.

Full list of year codes is in the table. Old delftware was made as early as the 16th century. Early delft pottery held a mark that was scribed in a text closely resembling times new roman print. The design is a large blue v with an o on the left upper arm of the v and a c on the right upper arm of the v.

Each product has been marked at the bottom or at the back with a trade mark. In 1710 in german meissen began history of european porcelain which also started to be produced in netherlands. Delftware or delft pottery also known as delft blue dutch. Today the term delftware can apply to pottery made in the netherlands or in england where the dutch technique of using tin fired clay was also used.

Belgium china denmark holland germany great britain ireland scotland holland italy japan. Find out more about their marks here. Using the list year codes you can find out yourself in which year your delftware was produced. In 1585 potters fleeing from antwerp settled in delft.

Since 1879 each hand painted article produced by royal delft has been marked with a letter code. In 1840 there was only one delftsware company left de porceleyne fles. This is the ubiquitous maker of delft blue and the reason many people refer to delftware generally as royal delft regardless of brand. If you have more information such as a name in the mark you can then put it in the filter and it will narrow the options even more.

Below the mark on the left are painter s initials and on the right is a year of production code. The maker s mark is a jt underneath which reads the word delft accompanied by the date code artist s initials and style number. Our marks information is organized by shape and letter. 2 the boat de boot.

In 17th and 18th century delft was a capital of european ceramics production. Then select circle or oval in mark shape. You can findthe different royal delft trade marks here. Delftware was made as early as the 16th century.

Name of a city delft equally important are other markings. If you see a circle mark on a piece of pottery select pottery porcelain marks. Guide to pottery and porcelain marks. 1 the axe de dessel.

For instance royal delft vases made after 1876 have a de porcelain fles factory mark and a maker s mark. The majority of delft marks are potters signatures and initials. Delfts blauw is a general term now used for dutch tin glazed earthenware a form of faience most of it is blue and white pottery and the city of delft in the netherlands was the major centre of production but the term covers wares with other colours and made elsewhere.