# What is this china mark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932 "2010-08-21T01:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/1 "2010-08-21T01:23:13Z")
I have been going quietly bananas over this. I feel I should know it and the colours in the design are familiar. It dates from c 1970’s. [http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k289/foraboard/003.jpg](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k289/foraboard/003.jpg) [http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k289/foraboard/002-1.jpg](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k289/foraboard/002-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/2 "2010-08-21T03:50:17Z")
I can’t tell you, but I can suggest you post it on the eBay chat forums. Those folks selling china and porcelain would know in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/3 "2010-08-21T12:52:45Z")
This page isn’t very well set up for quickly cycling from image to image, but it does seem to have tons of marks from all over the world: [http://www.oldandsold.com/pottery/usa1.shtml](http://www.oldandsold.com/pottery/usa1.shtml) I went through the USA and didn’t see it, but you might want to double-check if you don’t find it among the other nations. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/4 "2010-08-21T14:14:31Z")
Is that second picture the manufacturer’s logo? Are there any words with it? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/5 "2010-08-21T14:21:42Z")
The best place to start is [www.replacements.com](http://www.replacements.com) but it’s difficulty to find anything if you aren’t sure of the manufacturer’s name. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/6 "2010-08-21T22:32:53Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Is that second picture the manufacturer’s logo? Are there any words with it? Yes, second picture is the backstamp, and no, there aren’t any words with it. IMHO the feel of it is continental European. It would be a help if any-one could “interpret” the letters any differently from me; I see “RMWR” or some combination of those. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/7 "2010-08-21T22:34:37Z")
I see the same, but the two R’s also form a Spade shape (like from a deck of cards) or a circus tent or even a rooftop like at the Kremlin. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-china-mark/550932/8 "2010-08-21T23:07:20Z")
The ebay people win it: M. W. Reutter, Denkendorf, Germany. Mark used 1948 to present (Oooooooooh the relief!!)