Already when the factory was founded in 1775, it was decided
that the hallmark should be the "Three Wavy
Lines", symbolizing the three Danish straits (The Sound,
The Little Belt and The Great Belt). With little variation this
porcelain trademark has been used ever since. This means that ever
single piece of porcelain made by Royal Copenhagen has been marked
with the three wavy lines.
The Hallmarks has been changed little by little over time, so it
is today possible to date every piece of Royal Copenhagen
porcelain. Below please find the Royal Copenhagen marks used on
blue under glaze porcelain, like the
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates, Royal Copenhagen
figurines and
tableware.
From 1775 - 1870 the three-waved symbolism were hand painted,
but in the 1870'ties Royal Copenhagen began to stamp and glaze the
marks.
approximately 1870-1890
Stamp in blue under the glaze
1887-1892
Stamp in violet or red over the glaze
1892
Stamp in red or green over the glaze, used on
request from USA for export goods
1894-1900
Crown and DANMARK stamped in green under
the glaze, blue wave mark
since 1905
Hand painted mark in blue under the glaze,
used for Juliane Marie porcelain (originally on
reproductions of 18th century models)
1921
Hand painted mark used for productions made in China
1923
Crown and DENMARK stamped in green under
the glaze, blue wave mark,
1929-1950
Stamp used to mark unbreakable porcelain and
non-gloss porcelain, 1929-1950
from 1889 until around 1922
Crown and ROYAL COPENHAGEN stamp in green under
the glaze, blue wave mark
1923-1934
Crown and ROYAL COPENHAGEN stamp in green
under the glaze, blue wave mark
1935 - 1949
Since 1935 every single piece of Royal Copenhagen porcelain was
marked by a green hallmark with a small dot or stroke either above
or below a letter in ROYAL COPENHAGEN. For instance, if the green
dot is placed just above the first letter in R in ROYAL COPENHAGEN,
like the photo showed here, it was made in 1935.
Please find the following years in the below list, were the
stroke just above the letters in ROYAL COPENHAGEN
indicate when a particular piece of porcelain was made:
1950 - 1984
By 1950, all letters in ROYAL COPENHAGEN had been used,
therefore the strokes/dot is now below the
letter.
Please follow the list below to track your Royal
Copenhagen porcelain.
The follewing years can be found in below list, were the stroke
is below
ROYAL DENMARK COPENHAGEN:
1985 -
From 1985 two 2 strokes have been used to show the age, please
