Dating meissen marks

How to collect Meissen porcelain

Log in or Sign up. Antiques Board. Hey guys! Won a big lot of gorgeous Meissen items including some very rear bowls, candlesticks and etc. I was going through the items and wanted your opinion on the marking of one of the tea cup sets and one bowl.

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Knowing what to look for and the dates that are relevant to each Meissen mark can help you avoid buying imitation Meissen porcelain. You should remember that the marks detailed below are mostly drawn by hand and that slight variations in the format occur and the mark only supports the source and doesn't testify to it. The true test of an antique Meissen porcelain piece is always the overall quality of the object and the quality of the decoration. The augustus rex mark or monogram AR was introduced by Meissen in the first half of the 18th century when the crossed swords were introduced. It was also added to pieces produced for the court of his son, August III, who succeeded him in All court pieces were marked with the AR monogram, and occasionally the mark was added to gifts produced for royal visitors. However pieces marked with the AR monogram were produced in the very early days of the meissen factory and are mostly decorated with oriental motifs, in the Bottger chinoiserie or the kakiemon style.

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Meissen porcelain started in Dresden, Germany in , under the direction of Johann Friedrich Bottger, with the sponsorship of Augustus the Strong, Augustas Rex , the elector of Saxony. In June of that same year a royal porcelain factory in Meissen commissioned by Augustas , was completed, and the operation was transferred from Dresden to Meissen. Bottger continued to sell the red stoneware from the Meissen Manufactury until he perfected his formula for hard-paste white porcelain in , at which time all Meissen production switched to the new porcelain formula. Continually added to, and updated, the Meissen Manufactury still produces fine porcelain pieces to this day. Since , and to this day, the crossed-swords mark has always been a hand-painted blue under-glaze mark. This mark has officially undergone several variations, as shown below;.

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Understanding and Collecting Later Meissen Porcelain

All you need to know about the origins of the Meissen factory in Germany, from the man who claimed he could create gold to the monarch who commissioned a porcelain menagerie — plus advice on what to collect and how to spot a fake. Trade in porcelain wares from the East was booming, but the question of how to imitate them was another matter. The factory went on to produce some of the finest wares and sculptures ever seen in the West, and remains one of the most sought-after names in European ceramics. A Meissen Augustus Rex porcelain royal armorial part tea and chocolate service, It started manufacturing a wide variety of products, from dishes and bowls to vases.

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