Maker's mark comparison reference

VA maker's marks

Compare 5 source-linked mark variants recorded under VA. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.

Source date statements
V. E. Rudolf Billing - Varde 1910 - 1937 · V. Mortensen - Ålborg 1896 - 1957 · V. Christensen - Copenhagen 1893 - 1910 · Valdemar O. Berth - Næstved 1893 - 1973 · Volmer Bahners - Farum 1987 - 1988 · Volmer Bahner & Co. - Copenhagen 1962 - 1987

Mark variant 1

VA: V CHRISTESEN in very condensed uppercase letters with a small space after V and no clearly supported cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
VA: V CHRISTESEN in very condensed uppercase letters with a small space after V and no clearly supported cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

V CHRISTESEN in very condensed uppercase letters with a small space after V and no clearly supported cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 2

VA: VB in two thin upright capitals with tight spacing and no added cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
VA: VB in two thin upright capitals with tight spacing and no added cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

VB in two thin upright capitals with tight spacing and no added cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 3

VA: VB in two compact worn capitals inside one rectangular cartouche, faint V retained as broken strokes; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
VA: VB in two compact worn capitals inside one rectangular cartouche, faint V retained as broken strokes; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

VB in two compact worn capitals inside one rectangular cartouche, with the faint V retained as broken strokes.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 4

VA: V.BERTH in thin uppercase letters with one period after V and no added cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
VA: V.BERTH in thin uppercase letters with one period after V and no added cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

V.BERTH in thin uppercase letters with one period after V and no added cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 5

VA: V.MORTENSEN in worn serif capitals with one period after V inside one narrow rectangular cartouche; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
VA: V.MORTENSEN in worn serif capitals with one period after V inside one narrow rectangular cartouche; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

V.MORTENSEN in worn serif capitals with one period after V inside one narrow rectangular cartouche.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Sources and comparison limits

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