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Kovel have also cross-referenced your makers marks to the manufacture, and give you the date the makers marks were used. Ralph & Terry Kovel even tell you what color the makers marks were, and what type of wares the marks were used on. If you have no clue about how to identify pottery or porcelain markings, and all you have is a makers mark on the bottom of your pottery or porcelain. You just look up the bird, tree, flower, shields, or other makers mark, and you then know the makers, and date your piece was made. Kovels’ Dictionary of Marks Pottery & Porcelain 1850 present has American marks, Oriental marks, and European porcelain and potters marks. Ralph and Terry Kovel have added a special section that gives specific dating and marks used by some of the antique potters, even give pottery and porcelain manufactures family & business trees. Kovels’ Dictionary of Marks Pottery & Porcelain 1850 to Present has 3500 potters and porcelain markings, and 290 pages.
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