Hello ! Who's mark is on this Kobalt porcelain ?

Does it really say BEANOPY ? Who - or what - is that ? Are those letters "GCC" ?
Even with glasses and a magnifier I can't tell.
I would just like to know who went to this much effort for an ashtray, because it's pretty.

 

It's Cyrillic. Not sure if Russian or other Slavic language. Think it might be some other. It says, Velportz.
I'll try to look up the word.

Edit: I couldn't find a Russian word like that. Perhaps it's just a company name that is a mix of words or means nothing. "GCC" in Cyrillic would be "GSS" which is probably like our "corporation".

 

THANK YOU Cariou's House. Cyrillic eh. Even more interesting. I thought it might be German. I used BEANOPY as a search term and got a couple of ads for things and a bunch of random stuff, but the ads didn't have anything to say of any use.

 

Hello Tom,
I am not sure but it looks like Macedonian porcelain. They have Cirillic alphabet. Also, they have porcelain brand name ВЕЛПОРЦ. However, I only saw their white/cream vases, never saw kobalt ashtrays.

 

Oh my - amazing ! That word in your post duplicates what is on the piece, in terms of the non-greco-Roman 4th and 7th letters.I wonder about the "A" or 3rd letter tho. In any case - I am about to leave but I look forward to exploring this new avenue more later !
Thanks Natasha !

 

It's not "A", it's a variant of letter "Л". Sometimes it's written like "A" but without that horizontal dash.

 

Well, I found the bio of some guy who ended up working for Velporc, a porcelain factory in Titov Veles and an appliance maker.
Other than that, I found no blue porcelain for ВЕЛПОРЦ