We hope with this article you will be able to learn about Roseville Potttery's history, learn about Roseville Pottery Prices, Roseville Marks, Roseville value and roseville patterns, and identification.  A recent search on eBay, for Roseville auctions completed within the past 30 days revealed over 4,700 items.  The search reveled over 175 items that actually sold for over $500.00 with the highest piece bringing $4,805.00.  It was for this rare Roseville Pottery green Baneda wall pocket which just a few years ago was worth about $1,300.00.   This Roseville wall pocket started at just $100.00, attracted 1,075 viewers and received 35 bids.   At the same time other Roseville Pottery pieces priced over $10,000, but received no bids.   So what is it that makes Roseville Pottery so valuable?  Would you know if you had a valuable Roseville Pottery piece?  Hopefully this article can help you learn enough about Roseville Pottery so you know your Roseville patterns, and Roseville Idenitification or Roseville marks and values.
     The Roseville Pottery Company became incorporated in 1892, naming George F. Young as general manager. The company was named after the city in which the factory was first located Roseville, Ohio.   With the direction of Young, by 1900 he had helped the company grow to four plants.  Two in Roseville and two in Zaneville.  Roseville plants made the stoneware and the newer plants in Zanesville produced the 

This Roseville wall pocket sold at an eBay auction for $4,805.00 , 11/ 2003.

     As with any article we try to cover as many pieces or lines as we can.  However Roseville Pottery has 132 different product lines, 37 different artists, and over 25 different marks, so in this article we're only covering the Rozane family of Roseville.  Perhaps sometime in the future we will cover some of the others.  Note: Some older marks overlapped a newer marks introduction date, marks noted in this article are most likely those used on that line. Dates listed ares when that line first went into production.  If you have any Roseville Pottery pieces you are seeking to sell or looking to buy, we strongly recommend you seek expert advise (we are not experts), as the piece, the color, mold #, the size, the artist and the mark can greatly change it's value.  Prices stated are only a rough guide at the time of writing this article.  There are some great books on Roseville mentioned at the end of this article. 

     Rozane - (1900)  Roseville's first art line named with a blend of their name and new location. It is of a lustrous brown color with a beautiful under glaze, blended with beautiful hand painted animals, birds, nature items, and portraits on pots, vases, mugs, pitchers and other interesting items.  Many of these pieces start at $200, but many also start at $2,000.   Pieces with Aurelian like orange streaking are of the rarest from the original Rozane. In later years other lines with the name Rozane in them also came out.  These would be:
a.) Rozane Art Blue or Azurean (1903)  Blue & white landscapes & floral scenes. Most of the larger pieces start at $2,000, while many of the smaller pieces start around $500. 
b.) Rozane Egypto (1905)   These are matte green, some light some dark, often molded with Celtic, Egyptian, or Roman designs.  They will have the Egypto wafer mark (#6 below), sometimes confused with early Roseville Matte Green which did not have the wafer. Smaller pieces can be worth $400 -$600, while larger pieces can bring $1,200 - $1,800. 
c.) Rozane Light or Royal Light (1905) A lighter version of Rozane in gray, light brown, ivory & pink.
d.) Rozane Line (1917) Has a dimple spotted background of blue, green, pink, white or yellow, with dark colored embossed roses surrounded by their green leafs. These average $175 apiece.
e.)Rozane Mara (1904) Usually done in dark red color with a blend of rainbow tints of blue, green or yellow, much like an opal shell. Very rare, with most pieces starting at $1,500 and up. 
f.) Rozane Mongol Or Mongul (1905) The standard color of these according to the experts is Red, sometimes with molting in black or pink.  And these were the only colors we found in their books.  However while writing this article we did find this Rare Orange Mongol Vase or Urn, that sold on eBay for $800, in February 2004.  It was 4 inches tall with the wafer seal, w/ chevron mark (#6 below). 
g.) Rozane Olympic  (1905) A red clay color background with a black & white design of Ancient Greek drawings. Of all Roseville's pottery, the Rozane Olympic line is thought to be the rarest. 
Smaller pieces average $3,000, and larger pieces average $8,500.                                                   

This rare orange Rozane Mongol Roseville vase sold on eBay for $800.00,  Feb. 2004

h.) Rozane Pattern  (1941) These Roseville Pottery pieces are dark near the bottom, get lighter as you go up the piece, with the rim being ivory or a very light shade of it's base color.  They were originally done matte mottled glazes in brown to a burnt orange, dark blue to mountain blue, or green to calla ivory.  Most of these pieces start at $100 to $200, and go up from there. Around 1954 this line was reintroduced with glossy glazes in off white, periwinkle blue, rust, and violet. 
i.) Rozane Royal (1901) - A very, very dark version of Rozane.  Mostly done in Gray or Brown with many of the same features as Rozane but a higher gloss. Most of these Roseville pieces start at over $500.
j.) Rozane Woodland  (1905)  The main color tone is a  foliage color as is the inside color (yellow, light browns & orange) done in floral or conventional designs, on a bisque back ground with little pepper like specks also in the background.  Smaller pieces can be worth $400 - $800, while larger pieces can bring $3,000 to $5,000.  Almost always had the wafer seal. (mark #6).

      Marks most likely used with "Rozane": * See buyer beware notes below .
 All these marks are in the books offered below.  
1.) Die impressed, ROZANE, or/and RPCo (*), and a series of numbers indicating the type of ware, and its shape, (this was done often on pieces from 1900 to 1904, and after the mid 1930's). 1900-1904.
 2.) RPCo in a banner - paper label. 1900. 
3.) Red circle with white inward triangles in the circle border circle - paper sticker indicated stock number & retail price. 
4.) Die impressed, AZUREAN, or AZOREAN RPCo. 1902 -1904.  This seal was often used with other marks, and can increase a piece's value by 25%. 
5.)  Circle label with cursive words "Hollywood Ware" used on many Rozane pieces with fruit or flowers. Paper label.  1906.  6.) Circle with the words "ROZANE WARE" in the foreground & a rose in the background.  This mark was also known to have a chevron below the circle with a line name in it.  It is a ceramic or paper applied (label) seal or wafer. 1904 -1906.  Seconds had the seal removed - Sold through Roseville's outlet.  Line names on these include: Egypto, Mara, Mongol, Royal & Woodland.  The paper label is by far very scarce.
7.) ROZANE  "OLYMPIC"  POTTERY - Black ink stamp. 1905.  
8.) Black, brown, or blue ink stamp - Circle shape forming the words "ROSEVILLE POTTERY"  and the words "ROZANE WARE" across the middle of the circle. 1917. 
9.*)  The words "Roseville U.S.A."., with the U.S.A. below the name. The right leg of the letter "R" flows to just before the "S" under U.S.A., and the "e" at the end of  Roseville flows upward, almost looking like an "r".  Actually looks like it reads "Roseviller instead of Roseville.  1937 - 1953.
10.) The letter R, with the letters U.S.A. to it's right.   The right leg of the letter "R" runs under U.S.A. 1937 - 1953.
11.) The letter R, with the letters U.S.A. below it.   The right leg of the letter "R" goes through the letter "A" in U.S.A. 1937 - 1953.     
Note: There are many marks of Roseville not listed here, including many that don't contain the word Roseville.  Some were marked after the artist or the line name, and are covered more throughly in the first 2 books listed below. 

Buyer Beware:  1.) Pieces marked "RRPCo, or RRPCo Roseville, Ohio" were made by Robinson Ransbottom Pottery of Roseville, Ohio, and not by Roseville Pottery.  Many of these pieces were made in the 1970's and 80's and are being sold at many flea markets and antique shops as Roseville. 
2.) "R P C O"  is a mark used early at the Rockwood Pottery - Roseville's is die impressed, and Rockwood is incised.
3.) Many footed bowls #197 have been reproduced and stamped "Made In Japan", sometimes this mark is sanded off - watch for color variation where the mark was.
4.) The word Roseville as described in #9, above but without the U.S.A. has been copied from China. The majority of the China reproductions are copies of Roseville pieces made from 1935 to 1954.  They have virtually the same shapes, patterns, colors, and mold marks as original Roseville pottery pieces.  Copies during this period have raised letters "Roseville U.S.A.".  While  impressed letters are original.  However a few fakes of eailer pieces (1910 to 1934) were also made.  On these pieces China marked the pieces the same as latter originals with the raised letters, marked "Roseville U.S. A" and then put a paper sticker with "made in China" on the pieces.  Remove the sticker and how can you tell the old from the new?  First try determine the supposed date of your piece. The mark of the fakes in most cases is the opposite of the original (rasied vs impressed). Then watch for the height of the lettering, the impressed fake marks have "U.S.A." as very faint, while "Roseville", shape code and size number are the same height.  Originals have the ALL LETTERS, and numbers the same height.  The raised fakes have skinny lettering, while the orginals have bold lettering.  Another test of the fakes and originals is the fakes have glaze on the inside around the top only. On the originals, the glaze covers the entire inside. Some of the reproduced pieces from 1910 to 1934 also have the glaze on the inside, but can be detected by the faint "U.S.A." mark.  Authentic middle period pieces have the single word "Roseville" impressed into the clay, the fakes are rasied.

Recommended Books & Bibliography. 
1.) Introducing Roseville Pottery - 2nd Edition, By Mark Bassette - Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd,  © 1999  & 2001.  ISBN# 0-7643-1378-9
2.)  Collectors Encyclopedia of Roseville Pottery - <Volumes 1 & 2 - By Sharon & Bob Huxford, and Mike Nickel - Published by Collector Books,  ©1980 &  2001 ( The volumes being sold below are updated issues.)
3.) Depression Pottery, By Jeffrey B. Snyder, - Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, ©2002
4.) The official price guide to pottery, by the House of Collectibles, ©1984
5.) eBay.com (online auction site).

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