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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2283348, member: 2844&quot;]Sis, I had never even heard of Raam.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Dutch word ram means the same as in English, a male sheep. It is also used for the zodiac sign aries, which could be the connection in the case of Ram plateel.</p><p>The Dutch word raam means window.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The word &#039;eer&#039; can mean both honour and an indefinite period of time. The time refered to depends on a combination with other words.</p><p>In the case of &#039;eertyds&#039; or &#039;eertijds&#039; it means from times past.</p><p>&#039;Eertyds Holland&#039; could possibly refer to the fact that Raam used to be in Holland, but it is a rather German way of saying it, using Dutch words, but not in the right context. In proper Dutch it would be &#039;Voorheen Holland&#039;.</p><p>So I have my doubts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that Hoyng, primarily a retailer, was the owner of Ram when the factory closed in 1969, but I seem to remember there were other owners between 1945 and when Hoyng took over.</p><p>Hoyng used to sell Delfts blue, and I would think they would have had it made in their own factory, but that is just guessing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also find it very strange that a Dutch firm would move to Germany in 1945, when they were glad to see the back of the German occupiers. They certainly wouldn&#039;t have been able to sell anything in the Netherlands, because they would have been regarded as traitors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if this helps at all, a Raam mark on a Delfts blue tea caddy. It has the name of a German painter and the German word &#039;handgemalt&#039;. If the Ram Delfts workshop had continued in Germany using the name Raam, presumably they would have taken the Dutch painters with them.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.theoldstuff.com/images/phocagallery/delfts/raam_delfts_blauw_mark.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.theoldstuff.com/en/delfts/430-delfts-raam-tea-caddy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoldstuff.com/en/delfts/430-delfts-raam-tea-caddy" rel="nofollow">https://www.theoldstuff.com/en/delfts/430-delfts-raam-tea-caddy</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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