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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 2680736, member: 50"]Knowing who the maker is can make a difference. Pinning down a maker using this mark can be a challenge. The early well known and regarded marks similar to this are actually a shield or bindenschild with the flat part on the top. Many companies used a similar mark thereafter and often flipped it upside down so people sometimes call it a beehive. Sometimes you can't tell which way it goes but on your first cup you might assume the beehive faces the same way as the writing.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just the pages of marks facing the beehive way (flat bottom down) from Röntgen's book Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain. There are many more pages with it facing the other way. (flat side up)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]273711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]273712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]273713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 2680736, member: 50"]Knowing who the maker is can make a difference. Pinning down a maker using this mark can be a challenge. The early well known and regarded marks similar to this are actually a shield or bindenschild with the flat part on the top. Many companies used a similar mark thereafter and often flipped it upside down so people sometimes call it a beehive. Sometimes you can't tell which way it goes but on your first cup you might assume the beehive faces the same way as the writing. This is just the pages of marks facing the beehive way (flat bottom down) from Röntgen's book Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain. There are many more pages with it facing the other way. (flat side up) [ATTACH=full]273711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]273712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]273713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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