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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 10171080, member: 301"]<img src="https://appletreedeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Meissen-qualifing-marks.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><ul> <li>one slash – sold undecorated from 1740 through 1938</li> <li>two slashes – tableware deemed of unsuitable quality from 1852 through 1870</li> <li>three slashes – items of brack quality, (contained firing faults), from 1852 through 1870</li> <li>four slashes – considered lowest quality, from 1852 through 1870</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://appletreedeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Meissen-cross-slah-marks-noted.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an actual Meissen quality mark found on a tea service that was listed for $4995.00. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seller described the set as exquisite Meissen quality, and the photos did show that the set was gorgeous to an untrained eye, but even so, it was not up to Meissen’s standards, and there was no mention that the factory mark showed that Meissen deemed the set to be unsuitable for tableware.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 10171080, member: 301"][IMG]https://appletreedeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Meissen-qualifing-marks.jpg[/IMG] [LIST] [*]one slash – sold undecorated from 1740 through 1938 [*]two slashes – tableware deemed of unsuitable quality from 1852 through 1870 [*]three slashes – items of brack quality, (contained firing faults), from 1852 through 1870 [*]four slashes – considered lowest quality, from 1852 through 1870 [/LIST] [IMG]https://appletreedeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Meissen-cross-slah-marks-noted.jpg[/IMG] This is an actual Meissen quality mark found on a tea service that was listed for $4995.00. Seller described the set as exquisite Meissen quality, and the photos did show that the set was gorgeous to an untrained eye, but even so, it was not up to Meissen’s standards, and there was no mention that the factory mark showed that Meissen deemed the set to be unsuitable for tableware.[/QUOTE]
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