B.R.C. Mark

Q: I’ve been trying to find some information on the date of this china marking and can’t seem to find out anything. It’s marked with a crown and “B.R.C.” over “Chantilly” and next to that “Bavaria.” Can you tell me who made this plate?

A: This mark was used by Bauer, Rosenthal & Co., a company that started in Kronach, Bavaria, Germany, about 1897. It made dinnerware and decorative porcelain. Your plate is Chantilly pattern. This mark was used beginning in 1898. The company was bought by Philip Rosenthal & Co. in 1903 and the mark continued to be used. Rosenthal was bought by the Waterford Wedgwood Group in 1997 and by Sambonet Paderno Industries, headquartered in Orfengo, Novara, Italy, in 2009. Rosenthal china is still being made in Bavaria.