We wonder for whom this initial F stands. The permanently abiding sentiment enshrined behind the glass case is to-day as fresh as the forget-me-nots. What romance lies hidden in these four Danish words burnt into the clay? But the records are silent, and F the giver or the receiver is turned into dust, while the potter's clay stands to symbolize an old-world story of the days when youthful ambitions and dreams lit up the memory. TABLE OF MARKS[5] Found on Royal Copenhagen porcelain with decoration painted overglaze of the Frantz Heinrich Müller period (1775-1801). [5] These marks are strictly copyright. These signatures and initials of painters and modellers, either painted or incised, are found in conjunction with the usual factory mark of the three blue lines. GENERAL The usual Factory Mark, in blue, found alone or in addition to painter's or modeller's signature or initials. This mark was adopted at the suggestion of Queen Juliane Marie in 1775, and symbolizes the three waterways of Denmark--the Sound, and the Great and Little Belts. [Illustration] [Illustration] This mark has been used on all porcelain made at the Royal Copenhagen Factory, both with overglaze and underglaze painted decoration, since that date. N.B.--From 1773-1775 the porcelain of the Copenhagen factory made by Müller bore no mark. Signature of Anton Carl Luplau, who came to Copenhagen in 1776, and died in 1795. A _Bust of Queen Juliane Marie_ at Rosenborg Castle bears this signature on base:-- [Illustration] Signature of Hans Clio, who was working at the factory prior to 1779, and who died in 1786. [Illustration] Peter Heinrich Benjamin Lehmann. Came to the factory in 1780. Died 1808. Painter of landscapes, figures, and birds. [Illustration] Signature of Hans Christopher Ondrup (1779-1787). Sometimes signed _Ondrup mahlt (Ondrup painted it)_. Painted signature frequently in red. This signature in full has been traced from an example in the collection of Count Chr. Danneskjold-Samsöe, at Gissenfeldt. [Illustration] Signature of Andreas Hald (1781-1797), modeller and sculptor. Frequently marked his pieces in full or with initials =AH= incised. In some instances his initials are painted in blue on side of base, as in Figure of Flute Player (illustrated, p. 127). [Illustration] Jesper Johansen Holm. Born 1747. Member of Royal Academy. Incised mark, =HOLM 1780= on _Statuette_ at _National Museum_, Stockholm. (See illustration, p. 115.) =I HOLM 1781= incised marked on a _Bust of Prince Frederik_ at _Kunstindustri Museum_, Copenhagen. [Illustration] Signature of Johan Christoph Ba er. Came to Copenhagen in 1768. Died 1812. Landscape painter, followed the style of Johann Christoph Dietsche, of Nuremberg (1710-1769). Engaged on painting the flowers in the _Flora Danica_ service. [Illustration]