Unknown Ceramic Makers' Marks ID Project

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	Introduction - Public pottery mark, ceramic mark, pot marks, maker mark, maker's mark, makers mark, makers' mark, potter's mark, potters mark, potters' mark	27	38	12:30 AM, 08/05/25 by mistantiques
Marks
	Armorials - Public Marks consisting of or imitating coats of arms, heraldic crests, or badges. Also, some basic information on Western heraldry.	20	56	12:16 PM, 12/05/23 by terry2
	Asian Characters - Public Marks that appear to be Asian ideographic or logographic writing--Chinese Hànzì, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja or Hangul, and Vietnamese Hán Tự/Chữ Nho. As marks with other Asian writing systems--such as Laotian--are acquired, they will appear in this section, too.	33	64	2:48 AM, 11/06/24 by nlm7976kumar
	Flora & Fauna Marks of which the main element is a plant, person, or creature.	18	42	3:20 AM, 10/06/17 by mackaru
	Geometrics Marks consisting of lines, dots, circles, or any other nonrepresentational "squigglies." Includes symbols, too, like the yin-yang.	18	32	12:29 PM, 09/02/22 by krspry
	Labels These labels may represent the potter, the decorator, or the importer.	211	223	11:48 PM, 10/12/25 by mopolowa
	Letters & Words - Public Marks consisting primarily of letters--monograms, acronyms, words, phrases like "Made in USA".	77	130	7:37 AM, 08/21/22 by Lori Scotia
	Signatures - Public	13	33	3:08 AM, 09/28/20 by snekfish3
Discussion
	Messages About Marks Recognize one of our unidentified marks? Have an unknown mark you'd like to add to the archive? Just wanna talk about marks in general? Post away!	98	206	10:23 AM, 04/21/19 by bart
	Other Ceramic Topics Start or add to discussions here...	8	13	7:46 AM, 07/14/25 by nesteggantiques
	General Topics Not just ceramics . . .	12	30	3:27 PM, 04/12/19 by bart
Pottery & Porcelain Resources
	Makers & Marks Information on potters and potteries, including (sometimes) their marks.	48	68	5:01 AM, 05/12/19 by Daveshaw
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