The Bow porcelain factory began making bone china using the soft paste method around 1745. Throughout the factory's long history, they used a large number of Bow Porcelain Marks. While there are some similarities between the marks, there are also many differences. This large variety can sometimes make identifying Bow porcelain marks challenging for the collector of porcelain.
The Bow porcelain marks that are most frequently found on this factory’s porcelain are the dagger and anchor together. There are also a number of variations that feature a version of the dagger or the anchor. The dagger and anchor of the Bow porcelain marks was painted on the porcelain piece in red. On some of the earlier pieces of Bow porcelain, it is possible to find the initials of Thomas Frye. Thomas Frye was one of the owners of the Bow Porcelain factory. In many instances, he used a monogram containing T and F as a Bow porcelain mark.
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Many of the Bow porcelain marks were painted in either in blue or red. Other marks were incised into the porcelain itself. In some instances, the monograms of intials, such as the T and F for Thomas Frye, were reversed when used as Bow porcelain marks.
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