Glass Identification: Signatures + Markings
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Shown below are signatures and marks found on glassware from various countries.
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- Ekenas
- Flygsfors
- Holmegaard / Kastrup
- Humppila
- Iittala
- Kosta Boda
- Kumela
- Magnor
- Mats Jonasson
- Orrefors
- Reijmyre
- Stromberg
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- Caithness
- Davidson
- Monart / Vasart / Strathearn
- Sowerby
- Thomas Webb
- Wedgwood / Kings Lynn
Czech
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- Gozo
- Mdina
- Mtarfa / Valletta
- Phoenician
German
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Italian Murano Glass Signatures & Markings
Archimede Seguso:
"A. Seguso Murano" signature.
"A. Seguso Murano" signature.
"Archimede Seguso Murano" signature.
"Archimede Seguso Murano" signature.
"Archimede Seguso Murano, for Permasteelisa" signature.
"Archimede Seguso Murano, for Tiffany & Co" signature.
Seguso Vetri d'Arte:
"Seguso, Murano" signature. 1950 - late 1950's.
"Veronese, Seguso, Murano" signature. Used on glass made for Marcel Barbiers shop in Paris. 1950 - late 1950's.
Venini:
"Venini, Murano, Made in Italy" acid stamped mark.
"Venini, Murano, Italia" acid stamped mark.
"Venini Italia 80" signature.
Other Murano Signatures & Markings:
"Vetreria Renzo Bucella, Murano" signature.
"Salviati" acid stamp mark.
"V. Nason" signature.
Scandinavian Glass Signatures + Markings
Ekenas:
"Ekenas, Sweden, J. O. Lake" signature by designer John-Orwar Lake, with pattern number.
"Ekenas, Sweden, J O Lake" signature by designer John-Orwar Lake, with pattern number.
"Ekenas, Sweden, J. O. Lake" signature by designer John-Orwar Lake, with pattern number.
"Ekenas, Sweden, J O Lake" signature by designer John-Orwar Lake, with pattern number.
Flygsfors:
"Flygsfors" signature, with year date '58.
"Coquille" signature for Flygsfors Coquille range.
Holmegaard:
"Holmegaard" signature with 1960 date and "PL" monogram for designer Per Lutken.
"Holmegaard" signature with 1961 date and "PL" monogram for designer Per Lutken.
"Holmegaard" signature with "PL" monogram for designer Per Lutken, and pattern number.
"Holmegaard" signature with "MB" monogram for designer Michael Bang.
"Holmegaard, Peter Svarrer" acid etched stamp/signature.
Humppila:
"Humppila, Finland" signature.
"Pertti Santalahti" signature (designer for Humppila).
Iittala:
"Iittala" embossed mark.
"Iittala" embossed mark.
"Alvar Aalto" embossed mark for Iittala.
"TS" initials signature for designer Timo Sarpaneva, on Iittala item.
"Kaj Franck, Iittala" embossed mark.
Kosta Boda:
"Kosta" signature, with pattern number.
"E Gordon" signature for designer Ernest Gordon, on Kosta Boda item.
"Boda, B Vallien" signature for designer Bertil Vallien, with pattern number, on Boda item.
Kumela:
"Kumela" signature.
"Kai Blomqvist" signature (for Kumela).
Magnor:
"Magnor" signature.
"Magnor" signature.
Mats Jonasson:
"M J Sweden" (Mats Jonasson) signature with pattern number.
"M J Sweden" (Mats Jonasson) signature with pattern number.
Orrefors:
"Orrefors" signature, with pattern number including "PU" code for designer Sven Palmqvist.
"Fuga, Orrefors" embossed mark for 'Fuga' range.
"Orrefors" signature.
"Orrefors" signature.
Reijmyre:
"R-e-59" signature for Reijmyre on 'harlequin' bowl designed by Paul Kedelv in 1959.
"K" initial signature for Paul Kedelv, with (pattern?) number, on 'harlequin' bowl made by Reijmyre.
Strömberg / Strömbergshyttan:
"Strombergshyttan" signature.
"Stromberg" signature, with "H89" model code.
"Stromberg" signature, with "H93" model code.
Other Scandinavian Signatures & Markings:
"P. Strom" (Per-Olof Strom) signature on Alsterfors vase.
"Dansk Designs Ltd, JHQ" embossed mark. JHQ are the initials of the designer, Jens Harold Quistgaard.
"Hadeland" mark.
"Riihimaen Lasi Oy, Finland" acid mark.
British Glass Signatures + Markings
Caithness:
"Caithness, Scotland" acid etched mark on "Goldrush" paperweight.
"Caithness, Scotland" acid etched mark on "Journey" paperweight.
"Caithness" acid etched mark.
Davidson:
Davidson embossed lion & crown factory trademark logo.
Davidson embossed lion & crown factory trademark logo, on half pint glass.
Monart / Vasart / Strathearn:
Strathearn embossed factory mark of "leaping salmon" logo.
"Vasart" signature.
Sowerby:
Sowerby embossed peaco*ck factory trademark logo.
Sowerby embossed peaco*ck factory trademark logo.
Thomas Webb:
"Webb, Made in England" Thomas Webb acid etched mark, c. 1936 - 1949.
"Webb, England" Thomas Webb acid etched mark, c. 1950 - 1966.
"Thos Webb, England" Thomas Webb acid etched mark, c. 1966 - 1980.
Wedgwood:
"Wedgwood, B / 1" acid etched mark.
"Wedgwood, England" acid etched mark.
"Wedgwood, England" acid etched mark.
"Wedgwood" acid etched mark.
Other British Signatures & Markings:
"Dartington" acid etched mark.
"LG" Liskeard Glass embossed mark.
"Langham, England" acid etched mark.
"Royal Brierley Studio" acid etched marking from 'Studio' range.
Czech / Bohemian Glass Signatures + Markings
Mstisov acid stamp factory mark.
Maltese Glass Signatures + Markings
Gozo:
"Gozo Glass" signature.
Mdina:
Typical early "Mdina" signature.
Unusual "Mdina" signature in capitals.
Later "Mdina" signature.
Early "Mdina Glass, 1975" with Eric Dobson's signature.
Close up of Eric Dobson's signature.
Mtarfa / Valletta:
"Mtarfa" signature.
"Mtarfa" signature.
"Mtarfa" signature.
"Mtarfa" signature.
Phoenician:
"Phoenician, Malta" signature.
"Phoenician Glass, Malta" signature.
German Glass Signatures + Markings
"IG, 3078" Ingridglas initials signature with pattern number.
"IG, 3080" Ingridglas initials signature with pattern number.
"Zwiesel, 1872" acid etched mark.
Other Glass Signatures + Markings
"Sabino, France" signature.
"Val St Lambert" mark.
"Val Saint Lambert" signature.
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