![]() In 1962, the Saar family moved the whole business to County Limerick in Northern Ireland. Other relations, the Saars, took it over. The business "Muller Volkstedt" (MV) thrived until the forces of history overtook it when Muller’s grandson Erich, died on the Eastern Front in the Second World War and the business faced closure. ![]() This is the real story.Īnton Muller began production in Thuringia in Germany in the late nineteenth century. Dresden lies over 100 miles away from Volkstedt, so the word Dresden is used stylistically only. The Mueller-Volkstedt factory was destroyed in the Allied bombings and later relocated to Ireland and re-launched as ‘Irish Dresden’ which normally carries the traditional MV Muller-Volkstedt back stamp with the additional wording "Irish Dresden" or a mark of a black shamrock. The exclusive privileges of the original Volkstedt factory was revoked in 1832, opening the way for smaller porcelain workshops to be opened in the region, like the one opened by Anton Muller. Not to be confused with the original Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Volkstedt factory famous for lace figurines. Begun by Anton Müller, this was one of the smaller Volkstedt factories and was in operation in Germany from about 1907 to 1945. Our expert's market report said:Ī crown with "MV" beneath indicates your miniature figurine was made by the Mueller-Volkstedt works based in Thuringia, Germany. We also had one of these figures with this mark sent to our expert identification and valuation service (to find this service - click on the treasure chest photo on the top right of the right column on this page). = UPDATE - WE NOW HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS MYSTERY QUERYThis is not Moritz Zdekauer Altrohlau Porcelain Factory - It is MV Muller Volkstedt (scroll to my answer above for full report). Please post there if you can help our quest. We have had another entry on this same mark which has a clearer photo. Moth Shaped Mark looks like an MZ by: The Forum Help Elf = end update =Ĭomments for Can you tell me what porcelain mark this is? - crown with moth shape beneath He became highly regarded and formed his own studio in 1907. Anton Muller was working in the porcelain industry in Volkstedt in the late 19th century. Irish Dresden has it's own marking system. So this style of mark MZ (Actually MV)- which has several variations, was used in the first half of the 20th century. This company was obliterated by the Allied bombing in the second world war, but resurrected after the war by descendents of Muller and relocated to Ireland, becoming well known as "Irish Dresden". Another thing which makes this mark hard to find in the mark catalogue books is there are so many hundreds of Germanic crowns and, apart from it being like looking for needle in a haystack, this mark is listed under "Crown with drapery/scroll/streamer" in Rontgen's encyclopaedia - a section which I would never have considered looking at for this mark (as it looks like a shield, not drapery, to my eye). Note, the pottery mark looks (at least to my eye) as if it says the initials "MZ" - but in actual fact it says "MV" which stands for "Muller Volkstedt". The Company is Muller & Co one of the Volkstedt (Rudolstadt, Thuringia) makers - the place where they developed the famous technique for real Dresden lace technique. = Update by Peter (Admin) = Hi Guys We have the answer to this mystery mark now thanks to various contributors to various threads which have accumulated on various places over the site about this mark. All in all not the best of submissions and very much lacking in effort, but the figurine has some interest and quality to There may be letters and distinct shapes within the mark, but it is impossible to make out from the sparse information given. ![]() We have tried to help you by adding the 'moth' description in your title, as this is the best we can see and we have also tried to enhance your photo of the mark. Unfortunately, you have not tried to compensate for this lack of pictorial clarity by trying to describe the mark further in words. Your picture is small and unfocussed so we can't see the details of either the mark or the figurine (although the figure does appear to have some quality traits). A little more effort would surely have helped your cause. moreĬrown pottery mark looks like "MZ" - but says "MV" for "Muller Volkstedt" Message to Caroline from the forum moderator:- There are many thousands of marks with crowns and this one is not one of the more easily recognizable ones. HOW I MADE MONEY FROM BITS & BOBS OF OLD CHINA. ![]() Caroline = Please contribute to this thread by writing in the comments section below – just scroll down.
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