Q: I cannot find any info on this Rosenthal vase marked “Selb-Bavaria.” Can you help? 

A: Philipp Rosenthal began decorating porcelain made by other companies in 1880. He started a porcelain factory in Selb, Bavaria, in 1891. Variations of this mark with a crown between two crossed swords were used for many years. There are several clues to the year the mark on your vase was used. The flourish and extended “tail” on the last letter of the Rosenthal name, the words “Selb-Bavaria” with a hyphen between them, and the dot between the bottom ends of the crossed swords all indicate this mark was used by the company’s artware department in 1928. Rosenthal is now part of Sambonet Paderno Industries, which is headquartered in Orfengo, Novara, Italy.

 

 

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