Continental Porcelain Factories - Zurich.
Nyon. Marieberg. Copenhagen
Switzerland, Zurich
A factory was opened in 1763 and started
by making a creamy white soft-paste which is now very rare. Two years later, hard-paste
was made and this was decorated very carefully in distinctive styles that make the ware
some of the most beautiful of its period. Figures are rare, expensive, and many are very
attractively modelled and coloured. Little or no porcelain was made after about 1791. The
mark is the letter 'z' in underglaze blue, sometimes with one or more dots below.
Switzerland, Nyon, near Geneva
This factory, starting in 1780, made a good
hard-paste. Tablewares were the principal productions, and the few figures are very rare.
The mark is a fish in outline, but it should be noted that a mark resembling this was used
elsewhere.
Scandinavia, Marieberg, near Stockholm, Sweden
A soft-paste was made here from
1766 to 1769, it is a cream-tinted glassy ware and small vases, custard cups and other
pieces were made from it. A different paste was later introduced, followed for a short
time by a hard-paste. Some figures were made, and more custard cups and mustard pots. The
mark is usually a monogram of 'M' and 'B' sometimes with three small crowns above.
Scandinavia. Copenhagen
A soft-paste factory operated from 1759 to 1765, but
its productions are very rare. The hard-paste Royal factory began about 1771 and is still
in production. Tableware, much of it decorated in underglaze blue, was made, and also many
figures. The mark is three wavy lines one over the other, in underglaze blue.
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