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From: Frank
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Hi John,
The mark you have is fairly typical of Marzi & Remy. The "two bubbles" you refer to are actually intended to represent a stoneware jug. The remainder of the image is a stylized potter's wheel.
I looked in the "Beer Stein Book" to see if I could figure out where you saw the mark with "one bubble" and there it was. Although I wouldn't swear to it, I don't recall ever seeing an actual M&R mark that looks quite like that, (i.e., with a single "bubble"), so I'm guessing that it may just be a poor transcription of the mark that's been copied from place to place so often that it's become generally accepted as fact. Perhaps some of the other SteinTalk regulars will have some additional information to add on this point.
Regarding dates, I'm afraid the mark was used from the time the factory was founded in 1879 until sometime in the late fifties or early sixties. The commonly accepted end date is 1964. In any event, the mark isn't goung to be of much help in dating earlier pieces. To do that, about the best method I've found is to determine where a particular mold mumber fits into the M&R sequence of more than 3000 items produced during their history. This works pretty well except for some special order pieces that were given "6000" series mold numbers. - fjl