The Backstamp
Pottery and porcelain marks, traced to the reference that records them. 85 marks from 29 makers, 78 of them reproduced from the source's own engravings — and every claim carries the page it came from.
Start from the mark, not the name
If you are holding a piece, the factory name is what you are trying to find out — so the index does not begin there. Pick what you can actually see on the base.
Makers29
All makers →
AmsterdamFlacke-feld, near the Gate of Weesp, Amsterdam, Holland
Capo di MonteNaples, Italy
CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark
Crown DerbyDerby, England- no engravingDenbynear Derby, Derbyshire, England
DocciaDoccia, near Sesto, outside Florence, Italy
DresdenMeissen, on the Elbe, about twelve miles from Dresden, Saxony
ElbogenElbogen, Bohemia
FrankenthalFrankenthal, Palatinate (now Bavaria), Germany
KutaniKutani, province of Kanga (Kaga), north-west Nipon, Japan
Lane Delph and FentonLane Delph and Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Leeds PotteryLeeds, Yorkshire, England
LilleLille, France- no engravingLowestoftLowestoft, Suffolk, England
ManisesManises, near Valencia, Spain
MariebergMarieberg, near Stockholm, Sweden- no engravingMintonStoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- no engravingNeudech and NymphenburgNeudech on the Au, and Nymphenburg, Bavaria, Germany
Paris art faïenceParis, France- no engravingPinxtonPinxton, Derbyshire, England
SarregueminesSarreguemines, Moselle, France
SatsumaNawashiro-gawa, province of Satsuma, Kiu-Siu, Japan
SchlakenwaldSchlakenwald, Bohemia
StrasbourgStrasbourg, Basse-Rhin, France
SwanseaSwansea, Glamorganshire, Wales- no engravingTalavera la ReynaTalavera la Reyna, near Toledo, Spain
TournayTournay, Belgium
Vienna porcelain paintersVienna, Austria
WorcesterWorcester, England
Or narrow by place, ware and period
- England8
- France4
- Germany3
- Italy2
- Bohemia2
- Japan2
- Spain2
- Porcelain21
- Faience4
- Pottery4
- Stoneware2
- 1700–17492
- 1750–17996
- 1800–18495
The book stops at 1891 and covers no twentieth-century backstamp. What it covers, and what it does not, is worth reading before you rely on it.