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manufacturers' labels & marks (N to R)

A to C D to H I to L M N O P Q 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

Cristalleries de Nancy, France (1922 - 1934)

acid-etched mark,
1922 - 1934

Vincenzo Nason, Italy (post-War)

metallic label
(gold on cream)
c 1950s - 1960s

Nason & Moretti, Italy (established c 1923)

company logo
1940s

company logo
1990s

Nazeing Glassworks, England (established 1928)

company logo
1930s

Northwood, USA (c 1880s - 1923)

moulded mark

moulded mark,
reputedly used
before 1910

Nový Bor Group, Czechoslovakia (post-War)

metallic label
(blue on silver)
1950s

metallic label
(brown on gold)
1950s-70s

paper label
(Exbor)
1960s-90s

Nuutajärvi, Finland (1793 - 1988)
(from 1971, marketed under trade name 'Arabia'. Merged with Karhula-Iittala in 1988)

paper label
before 1953

company logo
before 1952

'Arabia'
metallic label
(black on silver)
c 1972 - 1977

'Iittala' symbol
used from c 1992

diamond-point
(design by Kaj Franck)
dated 1961

vibro-pen engraved
(design by Oiva Toikka)

sand-blasted
(design by Oiva Toikka)

paper label
(black on white)
1952 - c 1972

metallic label
(blue on silver)
1977 - c 1993

plastic label
(blue on clear)
1977 - c 1993

wheel-engraved
(design by Oiva Toikka)

wheel-engraved

Okra, England (established 1979)

engraved marks
dated 1986

engraved marks
dated 1989

acid-etched mark

Orient & Flume, USA (post-War)

vibro-pen engraved,
from a paperweight
dated 1979

serial number & date
from the same weight

Orrefors, Sweden (established 1898)

paper label

paper label
(white, on
grey or red)

metallic label

paper label

engraved mark
(graal ware)

engraved mark

Cristallerie de Pantin, France (1851 - 1915)
(a.k.a. 'Stumpf, Touvier, Viollet & Cie.' - merged with Legras after WWI)

gilt or
enamel

gilt or
enamel

gilt or
enamel

'de Vez'
(design by Camille
Tutré de Varreux)

Peill & Putzler, Germany (1903 - 1997)

acid-etched
(oil-lamp
chimneys)

paper label
c 1920s - 1970

acid-etched
1970 onwards
(also seen relief-moulded)

Perthshire Paperweights, Scotland (established 1968)

paper label
c 1970s

Peynaud, France (1910 - 1945)

hand-enamelled

Pilkington Glass, England (established 1849)

acid-etched

Ferdinand von Poschinger, Glashüttenwerke Buchenau, Germany (1856 - 1933)

company logo

Krystallglasfabrik Freiherr von Poschinger, Germany (established 1568)

relief-moulded on
late 19th C piece
believed to be by
Poschinger

late 19th C
enamelled mark
probably Poschinger

James Powell & Sons, England (1834 - 1961)
(see Whitefriars)

Pukeberg, Sweden (established 1871)

paper label

company logo
and/or
paper label

Quezal, USA (1901 - 1920)

wheel-engraved

wheel-engraved

Brüder Rachmann, Bohemia (1876 - 1945)

paper label

advertising vignette
(actually printed
white on red)

Ravenhead Glass, England (post-War)

company logo
1945 to 1970

company logo
c 1970s onwards

moulded mark
c 1970s onwards

Reijmyre, Sweden (established 1810)

engraved
(on cameo pieces)

paper label

WH, B & J Richardson, England (1836 - 1854)

transfer-printed mark
before 1851
(with or without RD lozenge)

transfer-printed mark
before 1851

gilt mark
(with 'FS' for Felix Summerly &
'R Redgrave', the designer's name)

before 1851

transfer-printed mark
before 1851

transfer-printed mark
before 1851

Henry G Richardson & Sons, England (1836 - 1854)

acid-etched
c 1920s

variation
c 1920s

Claus Josef Riedel, Austria (20th Century)
(also known as theTiroler Glashütte)

cameo signature

paper label
c 1960 onwards

company logo
& acid-etched mark
1960 onwards

Josef Riedel, Bohemia (1888 - 1938)

paper label
1925 to 1945

Riihimäki, Finland (1910 - 1976)

company logo
1912 to 1920s

company logo
1930 to 1960s

company logo
1970s

Ronneby Glassworks FM (Färe-Marcolin Konstglas), Sweden (1961 - 1990)

paper label

paper label

Rosenthal, Germany (established 1879)
(glassware produced since 1954)

acid-etched, sand-blasted
or printed in white

F Eugène Rousseau, France(c 1870 - c 1910)

gilt or
enamel
(with or without 'Paris')

gilt or
enamel
(with or without 'Paris')

Royal Brierley (established c 1933)
(see Stevens & Williams)

Royal Doulton Crystal, England (1986 to present)
(formerly Webb, Corbett)

acid-etched
1986 to 1995

acid-etched,
current

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