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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 1521327, member: 50&quot;]Hi and welcome! The beehive/shield was used by many factories but I think yours may be from Erdmann Schlegelmilch because as described below, it is easily identifiable as it included a dot.</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><i>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 k.k. Ärarial-Manufactur Wien (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. In case of the beehive used by Erdmann Schlegelmilch though it is easily identifiable as it included a dot. 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.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The last mark shown down below (also shown in the book &#039;Marks of Prussia&#039; by Ron Capers) is a distributor mark sometimes found on otherwise unmarked Erdmann Schlegelmilch items. Note that does *not* mean that *every* item marked with this stamp automatically is a Schlegelmilch item!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/thuringia/suhl-01/suhl-01-08.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i>Image 1-08</i></p><p><i>Used from 1891 onwards, &#039;beehive&#039;/&#039;Bindenschild&#039; often found in combination with other marks.</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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