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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chris Marshall, post: 1205374, member: 206&quot;]Just bumped into this and wanted to add my 2 pennies. Transferware items &#039;decorated&#039; by applying a transfer/decal are known for the peculiar signatures on the front. These signatures are neither porcelain decorator or producer names/signatures but simply the names of those (often long dead) artists which originally created the oil painting after which the template was created.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, companies required material for the templates they intended to sell to porcelain factories and studios. Preferably the art of lesser known, long dead artists. Why? Well: no heirs, no royalties, no hassle.</p><p><br /></p><p>German and French copyright laws stated that the reproduction of &#039;framed art&#039; in such cases was acceptable, but ONLY if the original artist signature or printed name was included.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some long-forgotten artists achieved a posthumous stardom, some even advanced to the namesake of a whole style (Watteau, Fragonard, etc).</p><p>----------------</p><p>And no, there&#039;s nothing underneath the FRANCE, it&#039;s a plain line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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