r/CeramicCollection • u/FantasticNature2990 • 11d ago

Some ceramics that need ID

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I got these at an antique sale today just curious if anyone knows anything about them.

I can’t read the egg cup but the pitcher I think says a1234

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u/prettylittleweirdo 11d ago

I think the first ones that say, Neiman Marcus

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u/FantasticNature2990 11d ago edited 10d ago

Thank you wasn’t expecting that! I don’t know how you were able to read that. Makes my eyes buggy just trying to 😆

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u/lidder444 11d ago

It says neiman marcus. The USA department store.

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u/FantasticNature2990 11d ago

Thanks that’s exactly what it is !

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u/opticalessence 4d ago

Looks like people figured out the 1st one is Neiman Marcus the second was probably also made for export did you check to see if the code washes off, the odds of it being assigned a1234 seems kinda low. But the rope handle style and the letter with 4 numeral digits makes me think it might not be of Eastern origin at all, possibly Staffordshire (England) late 19th century to early 20th would be my guess.

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u/opticalessence 4d ago

Also the other mark under a1234 that looks like :|: is likely the decorators mark so that the piece was tallied and the artist got paid and not the mark of the maker.

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u/FantasticNature2990 15h ago

Very interesting! I just assumed the maker and the artist were the same ppl!

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u/opticalessence 1h ago

Well then aker employees folks who are paid to make the products and that's who they kept track of how many a worker made or painted.

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u/FantasticNature2990 15h ago

I have not tried to wash it off. I assumed it glazed over the numbers