Other Marks
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Type of Mark |
Description of Mark |
Picture |
| Address Mark | "Stuttgart", Ger. A mould by Göte, an early twentieth century dealer. |  # 21605-10 R |
| Alignment Marks | Alignment marks at junction of three mould parts. |  #1548 E |
| Copyright Marks | "DES COPRD" (design copyrighted) "1891" |
 #18-3 E |
| Date Mark | "4 July 1776" on book held by the Statue of Liberty. The four digit Letang maker numbers are often mis-read as an improbable year mark. Please check such numbers in the Letang catalogue. |
 #1181 E |
| Hole through side of Pewter Ice Cream Mould | Hole, small, through mould wall. NY state prohibited sale and use of pewter icw cream moulds because of lead toxicity. Later sale of the moulds was permitted solely for ue as decoration.. To prwvwnt misuse for making ice cream it was required that a small hole be drilled through the mould wall to let distastefull freezing brine leak in. (The only method of freezing ice cream at that time.) |
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| Import Mark, Fr, Ger | "France" 1891 US McKinley Law - required country of origin "Made in Germany" 1914 law requires "Made in..." |
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| Import Mark, Ger After 1920 | Import mark below clasp on flange of chocolate mould. Required by US after 1920. "MADEINGERMANY" |
 #0169 |
Import Mark, Ger |
"MADE IN GERMANY 78" In elipse on flange |
 #14772 L |
Instructional Mark |
"BAKE 1 EACH THIS SIDE" |
 #37591-6 |
| Label Mark | Reversed wine label inside champagne bottle mould. |  #30028 LG |
| MH | Mark on some J. Ernst of NY moulds refers to Manhattan Hotel [J. Ernst 1857-5-1]. | |
| Orientation Mark | Indicating front center. |  #1734 S |
| Patent Mark | "GES GESCH" is made from letters on strips of plastic from a hand held machine. German for 'Patent Mark'. "Marque déposée" is French for 'Patent Mark'. |
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"PAT APD FOR" is short for 'Patent Applied For' year 1882 |
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American Keinke Patent mark |
 #37613-7 |
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| German Keinke Patent mark "DRGM 15821" |
 #37613-6 |
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| Percent Mark |
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| Registration Mark (British) | This mark is commonly found on the inner surface of the base plate of Pillar Moulds. The year capital letter runs for a score (20) of years and then changes typeface. For further details please consult the internet or The Book of Old Silver by Wyler,Seymour B.
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 Image courtesy of The British Archives |
| Registration Mark + Quantity Mark | Makers number mark "No 21". Diamond is an English registration mark in center by reference to a pamphlet of registrations one can identify the month and year of registration and the maker. "Quart" is the Quantity. |
 #954 S |
| Shaving Mark | Shaving mark from dressing the mould. Most prevalent on German moulds. |  # 1154 GN |
| Slash Marks | All from GN handles. The only known maker to do this. Slash marks shown; 1-4 |
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| Title Mark | "MARRIAG" German word for Marriage reversed on the inside of a bell mould. Title mark for an Ice Cream Mould. Computer filpped horizontaly bellow. |   #269 S |
| "THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE" title for a gingerbread mould |  #37528 JWtif |
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| "Lustiges Ehermann" German for The happy (lusty) Husband. |   #36097 |
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"Max ù Moritz" German for Max and Moritz, comedians. Computer flipped horrizontaly |
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| Worker's Mark | Number in a tiny circle | |
| Number in a tiny rhomboid (Sommet Freres) |
 SF |
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| "T" in circle with upsidedown v shaped symbol bellow. | AR | |
| "x" | x marking glace entiere |  #250 GL |
| "x""x" | The "x"'s are used to align the cover(top) and basket(bottom). Also used to align the bottom cap on pillar moulds. |  #21650 GN |
| "xx" | "Made only in glace entiere" note in LG cat. 1889 p.137 but not later eds [fo2 p.18] |
