How Do You Identify Markings On China From Bavaria?
Bavarian china has been a fine-quality export to the United States for more than a century. Identifying marks on Bavarian china has been a challenge for most of those years. Part of the challenge arises from the history of the country. It has been involved in war numerous times, including the 1866 Prusso-Austrian War, which resulted in it becoming a part of the German Reich in 1871. Bavaria became a free state in 1918 after World War I, and then was an administrative unit of the National Socialists. After World War II, Bavaria became a part of the Federal Republic of Germany. This history is important to understanding the marks on Bavarian porcelain and china, as some of the Germany backstamps are also Bavarian china. Check the mark on the bottom of the china. Porcelain and china from Bavaria made for the export trade to the United States will be marked in English. Those not made for export or those made for export to German-speaking countries will be marked in German. Many of the back
