Unusual Makkum Makers Mark

Can anyone help advise me on this Makkum Mark it’s not any mark i have seen before. Plate’s quite grazed at the back but perfect on front.

is this a real/ true Tichelaar Makkum plate?

unfortunately with iPhone i can not choose photo size and will try to upload front of plate also.

 

Front of plate

 

Makkum is a location and there are more than one factories that use it as part of their mark. I see you are waiting for the Discovering Dutch Delftware book but this particular mark isn't in it. There are other marks shown in the book that use "Makkum" and some initials as part of their mark that aren't from the famous Tichelaar Makkum.

Sorry I don't know who made it. Perhaps @Any Jewelry will know.

 

Thank you very much for your insight.

I can’t find anything on the net about any other makkum makers..like it’s been masked/ hidden. Even on Duckduckgo nothing.

My gut feel also that this is not Tichelaar.
I appreciate your reply.

 

I have found the similar marking on this Makkum plate (Not mentioning Tichelaar.. cleaver)

HOME > MAKKUM > MAKKUM BORD MET GESCHULPTE

 

Welcome Sared.

Makkum is the name of a village in Friesland, a northern province in the Netherlands. Just like Delft is the name of a town in Holland, in the west of the Netherlands.
If the mark isn't a Tichelaar (= tile maker) mark, it is likely to be by someone else. I am not familiar with this mark, but the front doesn't look like it was made by Tichelaar.
You could contact the Princessehof Museum in Friesland, they are specialised in ceramics and have an important Makkum collection. This is their email address: info@princessehof.nl

Makkum:

 

The only other pottery makers i can find in Makkum is: Harlinger Aardewerk and Annemieke Boots and i am unable to find any of there maker marks.

Thanks for the email adres, i will email them! Woo whoo.. might be lucky to get some info to share with everyone.

 

These are the others I see from Van Hook's book so you won't have to search for them.

 

Aaaa can’t wait for my Book to arrive... (just had a thought... i never checked if it’s written in English or Dutch.... well if it’s in Dutch ...my Dutch will be super sharp soon LoL)

 

Sorry... forgot to say thank you for the information. I really appreciate it.

 

Thanks to you i has managed to find info on the web:
The “W” under the Makkum mark indicates it is made by Hendrik van der Wal en Zonen (sons) between 1960-1970 before his son in-law Mr Nauta took the company over.

Here is a link to similar marked items.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/669429993/van-de-wal-nauta-makkum-three-vase-delft

What would i have done without you lovely, wonderful and helpfully friendly aficionados. Your’e all fantastic! Thank you so much.

 

Could be, always a little hard to tell when handwritten. I was thinking yours was VW. and I guess it could be just W or they could have written it as VW.

 

I think your correct to presume VW... and not my “W”. Maybe for Van der Wal.

The crazing on such fairly new (mid 60’s) plate do suggest sub standard quality (once again indicating Hendrik van der Wal product)

I await a reply from the Princessehof Museum. Maybe they will have more definitive information.

 

Hi all, this is the reply from Princessehof Museum:

Dear Stephan,

Thank you for message. There is a catalogue of Makkumer pottery on line:

http://fries-aardewerk.princessehof.nl/index.php?keuze=blader&boek=T2&zoom=1&afb=206

I didn’t find the painter’s signature on your dish, vW, in the book. This could mean that your dish is made after 1963 or that is made by another manufacturer.

With kind regards,

Karin Gaillard



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At this stage everything i find on the net with “vw” are advertised as van der wal makkum items. So i would safely say this is a Van der Wal/ Nauta Makkum plate. The eccessive amount if crazing front and rear for such relatively new plate indicate inferior quality.

I don’t think it’s worth much, interesting yes, collectable as informational piece.. maybe... it is still available on auction for
$100... i think it’s to much, i will contact owner and negotiate.