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Title: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: moe251 on October 23, 2011, 11:55:15 AM: Hello,

I have a porcelain scent bottle, and have been unable to identify the maker - If somebody could help me indentify it I would really appreciate it :-) ???
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: mart on October 23, 2011, 01:30:56 PM: Can we see the bottle ??
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: JoshandLila on October 23, 2011, 01:53:39 PM: I agree, I looked for 20 minutes threw makers marks and all I found was Maryland Glass Co of Baltimore but they specialized in blue (cobalt?)milk bottles and such
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: mart on October 23, 2011, 01:56:10 PM: Mark does not look like a factory mark to me !! Thats why I asked to see the bottle !!
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: greenacres on October 23, 2011, 02:21:12 PM: I think mart is right. I just checked my markings book and it is nowhere to be found. It should have been in the arrow section or then the circle section. I even looked in the 'M" section and then went thru the whole book and it's not there.
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: moe251 on October 23, 2011, 03:19:53 PM: hello,

Thanks for your replys and time so far, please see a picture of the bottle attached. Thanks again, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what it might be ??

Regards,

Moe
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: Rauville on October 23, 2011, 06:10:49 PM: The first thing I would ask...How old is it?
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: mart on October 23, 2011, 06:59:06 PM: Doesn`t look like an American made,, possibly UK or France !! Need Wendy or Ironlord on this !!
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: ironlord1963 on October 23, 2011, 08:09:15 PM: Well I just went through all my porcelain Mark books and did not find anything like this. My First Guess would be French, but this is based off of Looks. Then English and Asians did most of the Blue and White pattern. I do have a book on English Marks Pre victorian and nothing in there either. I will have to look around the net a bit to see if this mark appears. This could be a Artist mark also and not so much a company hallmark, these can be harder to trace. The style appears to be Victorian at least in age, but without hands on that would be a guess, many items out of Asia was made in this style even until today. One last thing does the lid have a dapper on it or is it just a lid?, in other words could this be a perfume bottle.
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Post by: KC on October 23, 2011, 08:23:19 PM: I would ask that you take off the top and take a picture of it...is it a dabber?
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: greenacres on October 23, 2011, 09:20:34 PM: Perfume or barber bottle?
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: mart on October 24, 2011, 10:21:29 AM: He called it a scent bottle in the first post but I would like to see the lid removed from the bottle !!
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Post by: snowflake on October 24, 2011, 10:29:46 AM: Hi, Moe, welcome! Can you give us the size of the bottle? Thanks. :)
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: greenacres on October 24, 2011, 07:30:06 PM: I'm not sure, but I was looking in my bottle books for marks. There's only one marl with a "M" in a circle. This is what makes me unsure. It's Cristales Mexicanos, Monterey Mexico. I'm going to look it up on the internet. The scent bottles listed don't have manufacturers listed. Since this is not a perfume there no name.
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: greenacres on October 24, 2011, 07:34:30 PM: If you don't mind me asking, where did you get this bottle? Did you pay a lot for it?
Title: Re: Identification of porcelain mark (m)?
Post by: greenacres on October 24, 2011, 07:43:06 PM: Although I see a snuff bottle I don't think it's them. This company mostly did crystal. The snuff was Quartz. Yours is porcelin. I'll keep on looking.