Pottery Marks Identification Guide & Index Featuring Real Examples!

You will find below a collection of pottery marks using photos and images from our antique collection. For easy reference and as a quick guide to the possible attribution of your latest porcelain collectible or pottery marks.

The marks listed below are grouped as far as was possible in a logical order, with similar signs, graphics, shapes, etc grouped together.

We have tried to include as many ceramics and pottery marks as possible, but also tried to avoid too much duplication.

Scan the index of this pottery marks identification guide to help you identify your pottery or porcelain.

If we have additional information on the pottery mark or piece, you can click the image to open that section.

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Contents

Miscellaneous Pottery Porcelain Marks:

Including various marks from a range of British, American, and European pottery and porcelain manufacturers.

Adams Ironstone mark — Adams Ironstone c1962

Bishop & Stonier Bisto Mark - c1891 to 1936 — Bishop & Stonier Bisto Mark

Capodimonte Crowned N Mark — Capodimonte Crowned N

Capodimonte Crowned N with artist mark T Galli — Capodimonte N artist T Galli

Choisy le Roi Mark c1900 - Hautin Boulanger et Cie — Choisy le Roi French c1930

Crown Devon Mark - Teck Pattern — Crown Devon c1917 to c1930

Crown Devon Mark on Rouge Royale Vase — Crown Devon c1930 on

Ernst Wahliss Turn Wein Mark — Ernst Wahliss Austria

Goldscheider Mark on Boy Hunter Sculpture — Goldscheider Mark - Petrie

Minton Mark Amherst Japan - c1850 — Minton Mark c1850 Amherst Japan

Paris Porcelain Mark for Bourdoir & Bloch c1880 — Paris Porcelain Mark Bourdoir & Bloch

Rosenthal Porcelain Mark - c1930 — Rosenthal Porcelain c1930

Royal Bonn Lyonais Mark — Royal Bonn Lyonais c1897

Royal Bonn Vases with requisite Royal Bonn marks to base — Royal Bonn

Sarreguemines Pottery Marks - France — Sarreguemines Mark France

Austrian Wien Keramos Mark c1930s — Wien Keramos Austrian c1930

Mayer & Sherratt 1906 to 1920 — Mayer & Sherratt c1906 to 1920

Wade Pottery Marks - Wade England — Wade Pottery Mark c1957 onwards

Gerbing & Stephan Mark - G & St — Gerbing & Stephan G & St c1861 to 1900

Louis Majorelle Mark — Louis Majorelle Makers Mark

Staffordshire Knot Mark — Staffordshire Porcelain Knot Mark

Taxile Doat Signature Mark on Sevres Porcelain — Taxile Doat Mark on Sevres Porcelain

Sample Minton Marks — M & Co Mark Minton c1841 to 1873

Real-life Examples of Royal Crown Derby Marks from our Antiques Collection

Click on the mark to open the Royal Crown Derby History and Marks sections and the Derby Porcelain Gallery

Derby Mark Used from c1800 to c1825 — Derby Mark c1800 to c1825

Royal Crown Derby Mark Dating c1894 — Royal Crown Derby c1894

Derby Mark 2451 - c1933 — Derby Mark 2451 c1933

Genuine Examples of Royal Doulton Marks on Doulton Antiques

A quick view of some samples of the diverse range of Royal Doulton Marks. Click an image to open the full Doulton marks section.

Doulton Mark for c1837 — Doulton Lambeth

Royal Doulton Bunnykins mark — Doulton Bunnykins

Royal Doulton Burslem Marks — Doulton Burslem

Royal Doulton Mark on Gleaners series ware vase — Doulton Series Ware The Gleaners

Doulton Stoneware Mark - Artist Eliza Simmance — Doulton Stoneware

Doulton Lamberth Stoneware Mark - Artist initials CSB — Doulton Lambeth Stoneware

Royal Doulton China Mark c1911 — Doulton China

Doulton Burslem Mark - Gloire de Dijon pattern — Doulton Burslem

Doulton Series ware Mark c1911 — Doulton Series Ware

Royal Doulton Series ware Mark - Home Waters — Doulton Series ware Home Waters

A few real-life Samples of Genuine Moorcroft Pottery Marks

The range of Moorcroft Pottery marks begins with William Moorcroft's time at the MacKintyre pottery and covers the 100 year history of design and ownership by William, his son Walter Moorcroft, other more current owners and marks of artists and designers from the Moorcroft Design Studio. Click an image to open the full Moorcroft Marks Section.

c1928-1949 Moorcroft Impressed Stamp — Moorcroft Impressed stamp mark used with facsimile signature

c1898-1905 Early Moorcroft Florian ware mark — c1898-1905 Early Florian ware mark

c1950-1986 Large impressed MOORCROFT mark — c1950-1986 Impressed MOORCROFT Walter Moorcroft monogram

c1928-1953 Moorcroft Royal Warrant paper label — c1928-1953 Early version of the Royal Warrant paper label

Example Royal Worcester Marks

The range of Royal Worcester marks used over the Worcester company's long history. Click an image to open the full Royal Worcester section.

Early Worcester Crescent Mark — Worcester Crescent Mark

Royal Worcester Prismatic Enamels Mark — Worcester Prismatic Enamels c1888

Royal Worcester Mark c1888 — Royal Worcester Print Mark c1888

Samples of Genuine Wedgwood Marks from our own Antiques Collection

To assist the Wedgwood collector who has to be careful of modern fakes and of making sure the Wedgwood mark on their latest acquisition is 100% genuine.

Wedgwood Pottery Mark c1930 on Fairyland Lustre Bowl — Wedgwood Mark c1930

Wedgwood Mark - EDME with USA Patent c1922 — Wedgwood EDME USA Patent Mark

Last update: 16 December 2021