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manufacturers' labels & marks (M)

A to C D to H I to L M N to R S T to Z unidentified

N.B. Please note that actual labels or marks may be significantly larger or smaller than the illustrations shown

Maastricht, Netherlands (1902 - 1978)

engraved mark
(design by
Jacob Rozendaal)
c 1920s

engraved mark

paper label

Målerås, Sweden (20th Century)

company logo

paper label
(design by Mats Jonasson)

Marcolin Art Crystal, Sardinia, Italy (post-War)

vibro-pen
c 1980s - 1990s

Les Verriers de Maure Vieil, France (post-War)

raised moulded seal

Albert Mazoyer, France (c 1910 - 1945)

enamelled
c 1930

Mdina Glass, Malta (established 1969)

vibro-pen signature
dated 1978
(with unknown
blower's signature)

paper label

vibro-pen signature

vibro-pen signature
(modern)

vibro-pen signature

engraved signature
(signed by Michael Harris)

Monart, Scotland (1924 - 1961)
'Monart' was actually a trade name, used by John Moncrieff Ltd (est 1864)

paper label
(black on gold)
1924 - c 1925

paper label
(black on gold)
c 1925 - 1929

paper label
(black on gold)
1929 - 1961

partial example of
Liberty's paper label
used on Monart

N.B. Monart labels up to 1939 show codes (hand-written in ink) for:

(a) size (in Roman numerals),
(b) shape (in capital letters),
(c) numerical colour code.

After 1945, only shape & size codes were shown (in that order)
 

example,
pre-War codes

example,
post-War codes

Carlo Moretti, Italy (established 1958)

metallic label
(black on silver)
c 1960s

company logo

Koloman Moser, Austria (b. 1868, d. 1918)
Koloman Moser was a designer & member of the Wiener Werkstätte in the early years of the 20th Century

engraved
c 1901

Ludwig Moser, Bohemia (established 1857)

broad or fine
acid-etched,
enamelled or
diamond-point
1870 - 1925

acid-etched
1918 - 1922

paper label
after c 1922

paper label
after c 1925

gilded
1870 - 1895

diamond-point
or enamel (rare)
within design of
signed piece
1870 - c 1938

gilded
1870 - 1925

acid-etched,
enamelled or
diamond-point
1870-1925
(Karlovy Vary
after c 1925)

acid-etched
after 1925

acid-etched
after 1925

acid-etched on
Alexandrit glass
1922 - 1930

acid-etched
after 1945

paper label
mainly pre-1890

acid-etched
(for export)
1918 - 1938

acid-etched
(for export)
1895 - 1918

acid-etched
1895 - 1938
(mainly pre-1918)

acid-etched
(for export)
1891 - 1895

cameo signature
(found on
Animor series)

enamelled
1870 - 1918

acid-etched
(design by
Heinrich Haussman)
c 1930

diamond-point
(Czecho Slovakia
separated, with
or without
'Made in')
c 1918 - 1922

acid-etched
(Wiener
Werkstätte
design)
after 1922

acid-etched
after 1925

paper label
1920s - 1930s

enamelled mark
late 19th C

acid-etched
1870 - 1925

acid-etched
after 1925

acid-etched
after 1925

Mount Washington, USA (established 1870)

moulded mark

Mstisov, Czechoslovakia (post-War)

metallic label
(black on silver)
early 1960s

Julius Mühlhaus, Bohemia (1867 - c 1947)

gilded mark on a
transmalerei decorated piece
probably by Mühlhaus
late 19th C

Muller Frères, France (c 1895 - 1914, 1919 - 1936)
(production suspended for duration of World War I)

acid-etched, engraved, enamelled or cameo signatures
(after 1918, signature left glossy against matt ground)

Murano, Italy (unknown manufacturers)

metallic label
(black on blue & white)
c 1950s

metallic label
(red or green on gold)
c 1950s

metallic label
(blue on silver)
c 1950s

metallic label
(red on gold)
c 1950s

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