Erphila Mark
Q: I recently bought a small vase that is marked Erphila Art Pottery. Can you help me identify it?
A: Erphila is a mark used by Ebeling & Reuss on pottery and porcelain imported from Czechslovakia, Germany, and other European countries after 1920. Ebeling & Reuss was founded in Philadelphia in 1886. They imported vases, pitchers, figurines, dinnerware, and more in styles ranging from Victorian to Art Deco. The name “Erphila” is a combination of the initials “E” and “R” and the first letters of the city, “phila.” The company was sold to Strathmore Corp. of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 2002 and is still in business.
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I have a three piece set identical to this but the background color is different. The largest of the three actually has a lid. The mark on the bottom only says erphila and czecho-slovikia and has the number 50 stamped into it under the glaze and #6 painted in gold as well. Can you tell me about this?