Help with maker/age

I got these teacups/saucers from a yard sale a few weeks ago but have been having trouble learning anything about them. They are marked "Austria" and under that "Karlsead". Is Karlsead a place, or a company? Very few results come up when I googled it, and I couldn't find any relevant ones. Can anyone estimate about how old they are?

 

Can you get a better-focused picture of the mark?

 

I'll try.

 

This is a site I use for looking up china,silver and crystal. I will look for my other links and post. If you click on the blue strip to the left of the page the patterns will appear.

http://www.replacements.com/china/AUS.htm

 

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Ah. It says Karlsbad, not Karlsead.

 

I Googled Karlsead and it kept correc ting me with Karlsbad?

 

The intertwined monogram looks like H over S. I looked in my one pottery book with an international scope and do not find that in the Sight Index. But I bet another poster will.

 

Yes it is KARLSBAD

 

I would check under SCHUMANN......most of what I have seen marked KARLSBAD was a Schumann made piece. The mark looks like an S OVER H to me.......
Nevermind about Schumann.....I was mistaken. Anyway I think Karlsbad is a Place in Germany.

Here is a plate with the same mark as your's, but no more info.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-KAR...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Actually, the mark seems to say it's in Austria, no?

 

Actually we may both be Wrong/Right......When I googled Karlsbad Porcelain this came up.


Carlsbad or Karlsbad is a mark used on china made by several factories in Germany, Austria, and Bavaria. Many pieces were exported to the United States. Many of the pieces are biscuit jars, bowls, plates, and platters from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Carlsbad is a city in Czechoslovakia, home to the factories that made the exported porcelain. Most of the pieces available today were made after 1891.

 

There are several Karlsbad marks? Now I am on the hunt to find where/who this is? I also found a Carlsbad Austria.

 

LOL, I didn't see bdigger's post

 

I found this too. I collect this kind of china so I love the research.
RARE VINTAGE CATALOGUE EPIAG BOHEMIAN PORCELAIN KARLSBAD
http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/i...G-BOHEMIAN-PORCELAIN-KARLSBAD,language,E.html

 

Where did you find that last pic, Shiloh? It's the same as Terra's pieces.

 

Bdiggers link to an item on eBay.

 

It's a picture of the mark on the plate I linked to in the post above.