How to Collect R.S. Prussia Porcelain

Because fakes and replicas or reproductions abound, it is extremely important to be knowledgeable of the Prussia marks, molds, and transfers in determining authenticity. Scroll over image to view full size. There are many different molds in the Prussia world. Approximately the first fifty numbered molds in her books have popular names for those molds.

Beyond that, molds are only identified by number.

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It measures 9. Much of the historical information about R. Prussia in antique publications prior to is incorrect. Prussia Collectors, Inc. For a long time, it was thought that Reinhold and Erdmann were brothers who jointly owned or ran the factory at Suhl, Germany. Contrary to folklore, these two operations were in direct competition with each other. Arnold took over an existing porcelain factory in Tillowitz in , and continued to run it as part of the Reinhold Schlegelmilch enterprise until he died in The historical research by Ron Capers shows there was no blood relationship between Leonhard and Reinhold Schlegelmilch.

At the present time, we know for sure what just a few of these early products look like.