Ceramic Oil Lamp Makers Marks

Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc.

Ceramic oil lamp makers marks.

A few real life samples of genuine moorcroft pottery marks. Identify a mark by shape. Help and info ordering info mail order. The range of moorcroft pottery marks begins with william moorcroft s time at the mackintyre pottery and covers the 100 year history of design and ownership by william his son walter moorcroft other more current owners and marks of artists and designers from the moorcroft design studio.

April october 4 2015 at 3 58 pm. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. On line resources home lamp identification site map facebook instagram. Is your antique oil lamp rare.

The maker the material the design and even the originating source can all make a difference in the rarity stakes. Antique lamps particularly oil lamps come in many shapes sizes and materials. Mar 18 2015 explore sandi logan s board collection of porcelain pottery makers marks followed by 367 people on pinterest. Yours is similar to mine it is a l l wmc lamp loevsky loevsky white metal castings co from carlstadt nj 1937 early 70 s your model number is right behind mine so yours is one of the early 60 s models because in the beginning the makers mark only had l l and and later on the makers mark changed to l l wmc.

Maker s marks a maker or manufacturer s mark is a telltale sign of the lamp s age or origin whether the piece is an oil or electric lamp. But in the early 1700s the betty style oil lamp was created which was an improvement on older models featuring uncovered dishes that wasted oil and produced too much spoke. But remember rarity can be many things. See more ideas about pottery makers makers mark pottery marks.

Most early antique oil lamps were more functional than decorative and sometimes wasted oil. Lamp manufacturers such as tiffany or bradley and hubbard.