Trademarks Longwy hollow
They are the first of the great adventure from 1798 or the owners had the idea to register in the biscuit with the help of a die trademark LONGWY. Was it to affirm the trademark of the new pottery? to stand out from the concurence? ... In any case, this idea of affirming a earthenware identity will follow the various buyers, which offers the advantage of chronologically monitoring Longwy production by periods. The LONGWY hollow trademarks will cease towards the end of the 19th with the more widespread use of the more illuminated printed marks. The date die will be used to him until the 1940s.
They are applied on the still soft dough which begins to firm up to support the pressure of the pose by the impression of a hard matrix or by the incision with the aid of a stylet. Note that two techniques are used, either by a die that is usually bronze or by manual incision.
Period 1798 to 1816
Period 1816 to 1835
Period 1835 to 1866
Period 1866 to 1945
