Fake royal Copenhagen? In China and Dinnerware Royal Copenhagen China Show & Tell. Royal Copenhagen China 9 of 25: 4. Like it Mrstyndall loves this. Royal Copenhagen struggled financially as it experimented with porcelain making until the absolute monarch King Christian VII took over the company in 1779 to guarantee its survival. Most of the porcelain at the time was painted with cobalt blue, as that was the only underglaze color that could tolerate the 1400-degree Celsius firing. Royal Copenhagen Sugar Bowl ID help in Archive Pottery, Glass & Porcelain; Royal Copenhagen. In Archive Pottery, Glass & Porcelain; Royal Copenhagen Figurine Real or Fake? In Archive Pottery, Glass & Porcelain; Pottery - Does anyone know the mark on this candlestick? In Archive Pottery, Glass & Porcelain. It is not royal copenhagen but it is not a fake. A fake mark would have three blue waves mark. This is a company in copenhagen I believe but I don't remember who. Any pieces coming out of the Royal Copenhagen (and Alumina) factories which did not meet the standard for perfection are marked as “seconds”. This was done by etching a very fine short line, through the 3 Royal Copenhagen lines with a diamond cuter.
Royal Copenhagen has used the three wavy water lines to identify their porcelain since it started in 1775 – Early pieces frequently include a dot in front of the waves. The mark was not very consistently drawn, often with quite flat waves that look quite rushed- presumably each workman had their own slight variant until about 1820. Hand drawn lines usually indicate manufacture before 1885. The example to the left is pre 1840. Between 1885 and 1890 the lines are more uniform – either done with a three nib pen or as a print. From 1889 a circle was added over the lines – inside which was a crown between the curved words Royal Copenhagen. From c. 1890, export ware featured a small crown over tiny waves over the word Denmark (spelled in English) in a circle over three larger waves. The circle was dropped from non export marks. Between
