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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Warshaw, post: 9441288, member: 16674&quot;]When I was researching Royal Bonn, Germany,&nbsp; ceramics with a view to buying a particular article I came across this vase...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Backmark was...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]438920[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>while the official backmark is this...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]438918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>According to:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/northrhine/poppelsdorf-02/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/northrhine/poppelsdorf-02/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/germany/northrhine/poppelsdorf-02/index.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The word &#039;Royal&#039; and the year &#039;1755&#039; was added to the company mark in 1890 and used until the company was sold to <i>Villeroy &amp; Boch</i>. These additions were used in commemoration of the fact that the <i>Kurfürstliche Fayencerie zu Poppelsdorf</i> (see above) had been founded that year. The claim from the <i>Mehlem</i> business on being a direct successor in the history of the <i>Kurfürstliche Fayencerie zu Poppelsdorf</i> led to many hot discussions through time, but <i>Guilleaume</i> insisted in using this claim for marketing purposes&quot;. <i>[<font size="3">So the Company was trying a bit of fakery itself.</font>]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>HOW DID THEY MAKE THE SWITCH OF BACKMARKS and how long ago?&nbsp; And why did they change the date from 1755 to 1766; was this some legal trick?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe the seller was aware of the problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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