Too Many Marks, Help Please ..

I picked this up at thrift store. I love the colors. Very vibrant. This looks like glazed terracotta, or pottery. Several marks on underside. All the marks are impressed on underside. Interesting if nothing else. Thanks in advance !!

 

Looks like "Handart..." and definitely hand made. Maybe Italian. Also looks like "BB" and 1933? (Although it looks MCM to me!) and "TH" ??

 

Thank You, I know there is a lot going on there

 

Maybe "handarbeit"? ...which is German for "handmade".

 

Just when I thought I was catching on to this stuff I learn something new every day. So many different marks. I wish I had the time to research more. I really appreciate everyone on this site. I just looked up "handerbeit". Hmmmm. Interesting.. Thanks again.

 

“Handarbeit” is German for “Made By Hand”.
The terms Made by Hand, Hand-Made, Hand-Painted, etc, are terms that emerged after the end of World War II (1945) and found mostly on European pieces intended for export to the U.S.
The term was meant to accentuate individual artistry and craftsmanship and inferred that they had a quality, and therefore a value, that mass produced items lacked. It was an advertising gimmick.
Prior to World War II almost all ceramics and other items were made by hand in places like Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Greece and so on and there was no need to bring attention to that fact. These items were handcrafted or hand decorated by necessity. Modern machinery requires electricity and electricity was widely unavailable in these countries except for the major metropolitan cities and when it was available it was unreliable and often sporatic. Thus European goods were often more reliant on craftsman rather than technicians after the War. More importantly, machinery cost lots of money and labor was far cheaper. So someone hit upon the idea that telling the consumer that their teacup was made by hand somehow made it more valuable or of a better quality than a machine made teacup. By the 1960’s Europe had been largely rebuilt and technology restored, so the term slowly disappeared.

 

I think I've seen this mark before, but I can't remember it. It's some kind of animal or animal face. I think. Sorry.

 

Wabbit. I've seen it too. Fi is usually Finland, albeit the German bit suggests otherwise.

 

We've discussed this mark before here:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/id-for-signed-pottery-plate-with-tree-apples-and-daisies.7914/

I haven't uncovered any further information, or been able to verify any of the info I found, unfortunately.

 

So glad you found the old thread. The upshot is Keramik Haas, Liechtenstein:
http://anseta.com/designers/other/keramik-haas-liechtenstein.php

 

You people are amazing. Thanks so much!!

 

Thanks so much for the education

 

Looks like you are correct. The animal is a hare !! Thank you!!

 

Thank you thank you Thank you!!!

 

Thanks UncleChuck!! Within 24 hrs I think we have figured this out

 

You're welcome - always glad to help when I can.

I'm also going to try to tag Pam, who was the owner of the plate from the other thread.

@ola402 - Just curious: Did you ever sell your plate?

 

Oh, to be young again and remember things! UncChuck, at first I though "what plate?" Had no clue until I checked the old thread. That plate! Yes, I sold it at the mall. It sold really fast for $20.00. I don't know if that's too low since it sold so fast but I really didn't know what to charge for it and I only paid $3 for it.