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Gerold Porzellan Marks
During their brief years
of manufacturing, Gerold Porzellan has had a number of different
marks. They've used a variety of colors, such as green,
blue, black, and gold inks. I believe the color ink may
have designated a change in the manufacturing ownership and/or a particular time period.
Until some time in the 80's the marks were green, then they switched
to blue. Gold was mainly used for export or some souvenirs.
The wording in
the Gerold marks has changed slightly, as well. Some are marked,
"Tettau, Bavaria" while others are marked simply, "Bavaria". Bavaria is a region in
Germany where many porcelain manufacturers were located. In the
nineteenth century, the mark often included the word Bavaria. After
1871, the words Bavaria, Germany, were used.
The "Made in Germany"
mark was introduced in the years following the McKinley Tariff Act from
1890, but...
"With the founding of the German Democratic
Republic in October 1949, the new East German Government started to
instruct companies to replace the capitalist marking 'Made in Germany'
with 'Made in GDR' or 'Made in German Democratic Republic'. The
West German manufacturers took up the challenge and started to mark
their products with 'Made in W. Germany' or 'Made in West Germany',
distancing themselves from the now state owned companies of the GDR.
After the fall of the Wall in November of 1989 and the official German
reunification on October 3rd 1990, all companies instantly used
'Made in Germany' again. The exact proceedings had been formed
into a law by the West German Government some time before.
Therefore you can be sure that a product marked 'Made in West Germany'
or 'Made in German Democratic Republic' can only gave been made between
1950 and 1990. On the other hand one should hold in mind that some
East German companies continued to use 'Made in Germany' even after
the founding of the German Democratic Republic; some even used it up
until 1972. so an item claimed to have been made before 1949
could also have been made much later, a dating is only possible when
knowing more about the marking procedures of the company." Source:
www.porcelainmarksandmore.com
Therefore, the Gerold's that have "Made in Germany" were
manufactured from between 1937 and October 1949, while the marks, "Made
in Western Germany" and "Made in W. Germany" were used after the founding
of the German Democratic Republic (October 1949) and used through
October 1989.
Gerold's that are marked,
"Gerold & Co" were used for exporting into communist
countries as all West German products were banned. Many companies
used this tactic to get around the bans.
The molds were used over
and over throughout their years of manufacturing so that even though many
items may have the same model number, they could have been produced years
apart. Take for example, the photos of these vases of model #6384
provided by Tim Fitzpatrick:
Fig. 1 |
Fig. 2 |
All three vases look alike
(Fig. 1), yet
each has a slightly different mark indicating they have been produced at different
times, which I believe to be between 1949 and 1989 (Fig. 2-5).
Note To ebayers !
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copyrighted and therefore I request that you
ASK MY PERMISSION before quoting
any of this information in your item description.
Shown below are the different marks the company has used:
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NP Neu
Porzellan Tettau
Used during 1920-1937 when the company was called the Neue
Porzellanfabrik Tettau e.G.m.b.H.
copyright © Karyn Hudson
Used with Permission |
Neue Tettau
Porzellanfabrik Bavaria AG
Used during 1928-1937
copyright 2013 Unknown* |
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The words "Made in Germany, U.S. – Zone," were added to
marks on pieces from some factories in the Occupied section of Germany after
World War II.
Photo Copyright © 2013
John McKennee
Used with Permission
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Neu-Tettau
Bavaria
Swan
Used during 1929-1937 when
the company was called Neue Porzellanfabrik Tettau A.G. (1923 until
1937)
copyright © 2013 Anonymous
Used with permission
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Immediately after
WW2, in what was to become West Germany was partitioned into the British,
French and U.S. Zones of Occupation. The U.S. Zone included southern Germany
including the area known as Tettau, Bavaria where Gerold Porzellan was
produced. The Americans often guaranteed the purchase of the whole
production run of certain manufactured goods from German factories because
the German manufacturers sold a great deal of their products to Allied
servicemen who were based in Germany, many of whom had their families living
with them. Along with other manufactured goods in that region, manufacturers
had the country of origin mark as "US Zone Germany" until the early fifties
when the Allies ceased being armies of occupation and then the marks became
"Made in Western Germany". |
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Gerold & Co Tettau
Bavaria
1937-1960
copyright © 2008 JoAnn Snow
Gerold's that are marked,
"Gerold & Co" were used for exporting into communist
countries as all West German products were banned. Many companies
used this tactic to get around the bans. |
Gerold Porzellan
Bavaria
1937 - 1949 Green Mark
copyright
© Lindsay Wilcox 2008 |
Gerold
Porzellan
Bavaria
Made in Western-Germany
Here is an example of a pre-1949 mark with a separate "Made in
Western-Germany" stamp. Apparently, these items had already been
made, but because of the founding of the GDR they quickly added the
stamp to be in compliance for trade. |
Gerold
Porzellan
Bavaria
Made in
Western Germany
Post 1949 - 1989 Green Mark. Note the omission of the hyphen between
Western Germany.
copyright © 2008 Cindy
Amundsen |
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Gerold Porzellan
Tettau Bavaria
Made in West Germany
1949 - 1989 Blue Mark. Note how Western was changed to West.
copyright © 2008 JoAnn Snow |
Gerold-Porzellan
Bavaria
Made in
W.-Germany
1949 - 1989 Blue Mark. Note how the West was changed to W. -
copyright ©
Rudolf Buss 2003
Used with permission |
Gerold-Porzellan
Bavaria
Made in
W.-Germany
1949 - 1989 Black Mark. Note the West - Germany
copyright © Unknown* |
Round Gerold-Porzellan
Mark
Bavaria
West Germany
Post 1949 - 1989 Green Mark |
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The "Handpainted" stamp was not commonly used. Many Gerolds were ordered
by gift shops and other exclusive shops or exported, so it might have
been a contractual detail ordered by a particular company who wanted
people to understand the item was indeed handpainted. |
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Gerold-Tettau
Bavaria
Seit 1904 (Since 1904)
Made in Germany
Handgefertigt (Handmade)
1937 and October 1949 in Green
copyright © 2008 J.L. Starken
Used with Permission |
Some products were decorated in the U.S. as
indicated by this mark:
Hand Decorated in the U.S.A.
copyright © Tim Fitzpatrick 2003
Used with permission |
Old
Vienna
Souvenir from Austria
Gerold Porzellan
Handmade
Export mark for Austria
Used with Permission
Anonymous |
Gerold
Kueps
Made in Bavaria
handgefertigt (Handmade)
Used
from 1997 to 2002 by Gerold Kueps, a subsidiary of the Seltmann Weiden
Group that bought out the Gerold Porzellan company. |
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Gerold Porzellan and the letter "N" below a Crown.
copyright © 2014 The Linden House Antiques
Used with Permission
I have seen this mark only 3 times and after some research, as far
as I can tell, this mark may have been used to export into communist
countries. |
Gerold Porzellan
Bavaria
Made in Western-Germany
1949 - 1989 Gold Mark (usually found on a souvenir item)
copyright © Tim Fitzpatrick 2003
Used with permission |
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Paper Seals |
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Neue
Porzellanfabrik Gerold & Co. Tettau Paper Seal
1919-1937 |
Gerold Porzellan
Bavaria Paper Label copyright
© JoAnn Snow Used in the 1950's |
Made in West Germany
Round Seal after 1989
copyright © JoAnn Snow |
75
Jahre (Years)
Gerold Porzellan
Bavaria
Blue/Gold
Seal
copyright
© Rudolf Buss 2003
Used with permission
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80 Jahre (Years)
Gerold Porzellan
Bavaria
Blue/Gold Seal
copyright ©
2012
Nicole Grevecke
Used with permission |
Golden Crown
E & R
Western Germany
Black
Seal
copyright
© Celeste Day
Used with permission
This is the seal used by Ebeling and Reuss
Importers located in Pennsylvania, which is still in business today. In the
1950's they were the largest suppliers of high quality giftware, including
porcelain products, in North Eastern United States. The original owners,
John E. F. Zeh, Frederick Ebeling and Theodore Reuss started out in
Philadelphia, but settled in Allentown. Today they are owned by the
Strathmore Corporation of Pennsylvania. |
Gold Diamond-Shaped Label
Gerold Porzellan
No history on this label
copyright © Tim Fitzpatrick 2003
Used with permission |
Other Gerold Porzellan Trademarks
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Design Florist
Mark
In the 70's, this mark was made for a line of ultra modern vases
by Gerold
Porzellan for florists.
Design Florist Paper Logo
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Blue Pageant Marks
Some Blue Pageant
products have the word Porzellam, but it is not misspelled, but rather it is
a trademark used by Gerold Porzellan. The "Blue Pageant" was a special
unmarked (no Gerold mark) export series produced before 1960. One
distributor was "Clarkson Table Appointments" in Canada. Information
copyright 2004 Christopher-Simon Marshall. Used with permission.
http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com
Blue Pageant
Porzellan Bavaria - Germany
The black area of the top image is difficult to see, but there is a crown and
in gold lettering, the
letters "TA," as shown above. |
Photo image above Copyright 1998-2004. Replacements, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Available at
Replacements.com
Mark: PORZELLAM, Bavaria, Germany
Style #: 77039
See more Blue Pageant items in the
Tableware
Gallery . |
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Neue
Porzellan Tettau Mark
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These are examples of products with this particular mark. A dish and a
coffee service set. |
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Gerold-Serie Antik Weiss
copyright © 2013
Monika Brigitta Fuchs
Used with Permission
This mark was found on a lovely dish with the Model #
8194. I believe it to be a special line
of products made for upscale shops or even for one particular company.
The owner describes it as having been purchased in the 1980's through
"Heine-Versand", an exclusive line of Otto-Versand. Otto-Versand
was once the largest mail order catalog in the world and sold everything
from shoes to household decorations. Heine-Versand still operates
today. |
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Unknown*
- An attempt was made to contact the owner for permission to include the
photo in the gallery. These are photos for which I have not yet received formal
permission to post because they never replied. It is my position
to post them (saves me time when I can do all of them at one time)
and wait for the permission. Some photos have been sent to me by people,
but provide no information. I include them here
for resource purposes in the hopes they will help other people to identify
and learn more about their Gerold items. I am happy to provide a copyright
notice if the photo belongs to you. As proof it is your photo,
please send me the original along with your full name. If you want it removed
I will regrettably comply. You can contact
me here. This is a labor of love for those who collect
or sell Gerold Porzellan.
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The mark is a shield topped with a crown and flanked on either side with
what appear to be grape leaves and grape clusters. In the shield
there appears to be
an animal head with a ring in its mouth. It's not entirely visible in
this rendering of the logo, but more visible in the logo itself.
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