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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 9463118, member: 50&quot;]There have been many companies that used the shield / beehive / Bindenschild. I think your mark <i>may</i> be from Erdmann Schlegelmilch. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can read about the mark and factory here. It also explains about the gold cover-up of a mark.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/thuringia/suhl-01/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/thuringia/suhl-01/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/thuringia/suhl-01/index.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/thuringia/suhl-01/suhl-01-08.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Used from 1891 onwards, &#039;beehive&#039;/&#039;Bindenschild&#039; often found in combination with other marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Noteworthy fact is that the factory also (re)decorated other items; there are quite a few items marked with the <i>E.S. Prov.Saxe</i> mark which were originally created at the <i>Thomas</i> factory from Marktredwitz/Bavaria. Next to the E.S. mark these items carry a golden cover-up which barely hides the original mark (e.g. <i>Thomas &quot;Sevres&quot; Bavaria</i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the marks used by this manufacturer is often referred to as the &#039;beehive&#039; mark, which in reality represents a banded shield used first by the <i>k.k. Ärarial-Manufactur Wien</i> (Royal Porcelain Manufactury) in Vienna (Austria), but because so many people see it as a beehive that is what it has become known as. All &#039;beehive&#039; marks are extremely ambiguous and problematic because over the years many European porcelain manufacturers &#039;borrowed&#039; it or invented their own variation, thus making identification very difficult. <b>In case of the beehive used by <i>Erdmann Schlegelmilch</i> though it is easily identifiable as it included a dot.</b> This mark was frequently used on porcelain decorated with mythical, classical or allegorical scenes with borders typically held in deep wine, dark green or cobalt blue.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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