Pottery => German - Other Pottery => Topic started by: judi11569 on April 21, 2009, 02:48:46 PM
Title: Makers mark help - ID = Hummel (Germany)
Post by: judi11569 on April 21, 2009, 02:48:46 PM
I'm wanting to know if anyone can identify this mark?
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Anne on April 21, 2009, 09:50:56 PM
Hello and welcome to the board.
Could you get the mark a bit sharper please - it's rather hard to make out. If your camera has macro mode (usually indicated by a little flower symbol) set it to that and you should get better focus.
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: judi11569 on April 22, 2009, 06:22:36 PM
I included a picture of the figurine. I've been using the setting you suggested but it still doesn't come out clear. The mark on the figurine isn't very clear.
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Anne on April 23, 2009, 03:28:59 PM
I think you're getting in too close to the mark as the items behind are in focus. Try standing back a bit further, that should help the focus. If you have a focus indicator in the viewfinder make sure that's on the mark not off it.
The pic of the whole item is too small to see as well, can we have a bigger one please?
There's something dinging about the mark shape in the back of my head somewhere. ???
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: judi11569 on April 30, 2009, 03:13:56 PM
OK I'm going to try one more time LOL
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Carolyn Preston on May 03, 2009, 07:45:53 PM
Who is that scandenavian pottery that makes all the little boy/girl statues. Sorry, brain is not working well, but you know who I mean. The painting on Santa reminds me of them...
Carolyn
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: antiquerose123 on May 07, 2009, 12:51:32 PM
It is not a beehive in a triangle is it?......
:cheerleader: :cheerleader: and WELCOME JUDI :cheerleader: :cheerleader:
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Anne on May 07, 2009, 04:45:12 PM
I can't make it out at all, but I've been through Lang's Pottery Marks and there's nothing similar there. Godden only covers British marks and this doesn't look British to me.
Carolyn, I can't think of which Scandi maker you are meaning... has it come back to you yet? :)
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: ChimpMad on May 07, 2009, 05:42:45 PM
Who is that scandenavian pottery that makes all the little boy/girl statues. Sorry, brain is not working well, but you know who I mean. The painting on Santa reminds me of them...
Carolyn
Could you be thinking of either Rosenthal (Bavaria), Rorstrand (Sweden) or Arabia Porcelain (Helsinki)? Arabia does have a triangular mark but with three 'A's inside.
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Carolyn Preston on May 08, 2009, 02:58:36 AM
Talk about frustrating!!! But I finally have it. Hummel. That's the one, hummel!
Carolyn
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Tigerchips on May 08, 2009, 07:26:29 PM
Goebel and Hummel are German. ;)
Title: Re: Makers mark help
Post by: Carolyn Preston on May 09, 2009, 01:27:06 AM
Ooops, yes, that's what I meant. German figurines.... :-)