Posted 7 years ago
Twebs
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We are cleaning out my grandmother's house and this vase was wrapped up in a corner. The vase is very ornate and the pictures really do it no justice. It used to sit on a pedestal. (See the very grainy picture from many years ago.)
I don't have exact measurements but it stands about 3.5 to 4ft tall.
Can anyone help identify the markings on the bottom?
Thanks!
Possibly Mollica of Naples, 19th C ,but I think you need to research more .and post a close up photo of just the base
A bit more info:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/246180038/vintage-capodimonte-porcelain-vase-by?ref=shop_home_active_77
From the moderator of the Italian Pottery Forum:
"The Mollica family used the symbol of a Coronet over letter "M" only in the late 19th and early 20th century, roughly 1880 to 1910."
OOPS! I meant to put up this link, not the one above - this is the link where I found the info:
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Pottery-Glass-Porcelain/Porcelain-Pottery-mark-letter-M-under-a-Crown/td-p/16814763
Thanks everyone for responding so far!
In my initial research I thought it might be Capodimonte Porcelain, but everything I've found so far says that is typically marked with an "N" with a crown over it.
I'm not quite sure that is a crown over the "M". I thought it looked like a number "106" but the lines under it are curious.
I will try to post a better close up of it.
I posted a zoom in of the markings. I will try to get a clearer picture later if possible. (It's no small feat trying to tilt this huge vase over to see the bottom without breaking something!)
There is a Mollica mark from the mid 19th century similar to yours, and I believe yours looks like it would be of that high quality. As the marks were written on , there are variations. I found the mark on marks4antiques, of which I am a member, but you can’t copy from there, however I founs a Russian version, so you should be able to view it, page 13 of the “M” category
I would recommend you have a local museum, which has a ceramic specialist, check it out, but take photos first
http://antikvarchik.ru/findamark/m?page=12