TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT A PORCELAIN ROOSTERS I HAVE THEY HAVE A MARK ON THE BOTTOM OF TWO SWORDS WITH A CIRCLE BETWEEN THEM AND MARK 1445 IT HAS A MATTE FINISH. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THESE ARE MEISSEN AND WHAT DATE THEY MIGHT BE. THEY ARE ABOUT 5INCHES TALL.

-- Geraldine (ghill93484@aol.com), March 05, 2000

Answers

Hi Geraldine, the Miessen double sword mark has been copied by many companies over the years, here is an Url to the Meissen company site with images of all their trademarks for you to compare with the one on your roosters

http://www.meissen.de/engl/marken.html

-- Mike Wilcox (appraisers@sympatico.ca), March 07, 2000.