Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 4388578, member: 50&quot;]They did sell some</p><p>undecorated apparently. Those slash marks through the mark have meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://appletreedeals.com/meissen-german-porcelain/meissen-porcelain-history-factory-marks/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://appletreedeals.com/meissen-german-porcelain/meissen-porcelain-history-factory-marks/" rel="nofollow">https://appletreedeals.com/meissen-german-porcelain/meissen-porcelain-history-factory-marks/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Cautionary Note: Meissen used a system of marking pieces that were either sold undecorated, or deemed inferior, by making “slashes” through or besides the crossed-swords – as shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]369249[/ATTACH]</p><ul> <li>one slash – sold undecorated from 1740 through 1938</li> <li>two slashes – tableware deemed of unsuitable quality from 1852 through 1870</li> <li>three slashes – items of brack quality, (contained firing faults), from 1852 through 1870</li> <li>four slashes – considered lowest quality, from 1852 through 1870&quot;</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in