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Backmarks (1) are the mark on the Underside of a plate or item. There is usually two marks- the Manufacturers mark and the Decorator mark. If there is only one mark (and it is the Manufacturers mark), the item was decorated elsewhere, either sold as whiteware and painted by the owner, or by a hand painting artist/ studio such as Stouffer or Pickard. There are always exceptions, especially with Charles Field Haviland!
The number usually found under a casserole (Covered Vegetable lid or on a sugar/creamer) is called the Factory number. Some of the Factory numbers have been identified in the later Schleiger books to a Schleiger Pattern.
The most popular mark you will find is Mark I combined with Mark c as this was when the most Haviland was sold.
| Haviland & CIE 1842-1931 | ||
| Manufacturers Mark | ||
| Blanks | ||
| Mark A |  |
1853 |
| Mark B |  |
1865 |
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Underglaze Green Marks |
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| Mark C |
 |
1876-1879 |
| Mark D |
 |
1876-1886 |
| Mark E |
 |
1877 |
| Mark F |
 |
1876-1889 |
| Mark G |
 |
1887 |
| Mark H |
 |
1888-1896 |
| Mark I |  |
1894-1931 |
| Decorators Marks: | (Varied Colors Overglaze) | |
| Mark a |
  |
Prior to 1876 |
| Mark b |
 |
1876-1878 |
| Mark c |
 |
1876-1878/1889-1931 |
| Mark d |
 |
1879-1883 |
| Mark e |
 |
1878-1883 |
| Mark f |
 |
1879-1889 |
| Mark g |
 |
1879-1889 |
| Mark h |
 |
1893-1931 |
| Mark i |
 |
1905-1930 (American)/ 1926-1931(France) |
| Haviland & Co. 1875-1885- Pottery | ||
| Haviland Pottery and Stoneware | ||
| Mark V |
 |
1875-1882 |
| Mark W |
 |
1875-1882 |
| Mark X |
 |
1883-1885 |
| Mark Y |  |
1883-1885 |
| Theodore Haviland 1892-1967- Blanks | ||
| Mark J |  |
1892 |
| Mark K |  |
1892 |
| Mark L |  |
1893 |
| Mark M |  |
1894-1957 |
| Mark N |  |
1912 |
| Mark O |  |
1920-1936 |
| Mark P |  |
1936-1945 |
| Mark Q |  |
1946-1962 |
| Mark R |  |
1962 |
| Mark S |  |
1936 |
| Mark T |  |
1937-1956 |
| Mark U |  |
1957/1958 |
| Theodore Haviland 1892-2000- Decorator Marks (some say "Patent applied for"- 1903 to mid-1920s) | ||
| Mark j |  |
Probably 1892 |
| Mark k |  |
1894 |
| Mark l |  |
1894 |
| Mark m |  |
1895 |
| Mark n |  |
1895 |
| Mark o |  |
1897 |
| Mark p |  |
1903 (has an underline) |
| Mark q |  |
1903 |
| Mark r |  |
1925 (different script) |
| Mark s |  |
1958 |
| Mark t |
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1967 |
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1990 | |
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2000 | |
| Charles Field Haviland
Note: A fair amount of CFH, CFH/GDA, CFH/GDM France doesn't have the decorating marks even though the dishes are factory decorated. |
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| Mark C-1 |  |
1868(Stamped in clay or Printed) |
| Mark C-2 |  |
1876 (Printed under glaze, with or without the line under) |
| Mark C-3 |  |
1882- Under Glaze |
| Mark C-4 |  |
1891 GDM is Gerard, Dufraisseix & Morel
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| Mark C-5 |  |
1900 GDA is Gerard, Dufraisseix & Abbott |
| Mark C-6 |  |
1941 |
| Mark C-7 |  |
Date Unknown |
| Mark C-8 |  |
Decorator Mark, Used from 1862 to Present
(not always present, even if factory decorated) |
| Frank Haviland 1910-1931 | ||
| Mark A1 |  |
1910-1914 |
| Mark A2 |  |
1914-1925 |
| Mark A3 |  |
1925-1931 |
(1) "Used with the permission of the Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation."
A Friend of mine has said, " You can never be too rich, too thin, or have Too much Haviland....."
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