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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steve Tucker, post: 9571662, member: 82468&quot;]The slashes are actually, and literally, cuts into the porcelain and across the swords to indicate pieces of lesser and/or unacceptable quality. They can also be next to the swords but are mostly not. These were only done from 1850-1872. The following excerpt from a Meissen mark history article on appletreedeals.com is as follows:</p><p>Cautionary Note: Meissen used a system of marking pieces that were either sold undecorated or deemed inferior, by making “slashes” through or beside the crossed swords – as shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p><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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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