Below are website links that can be helpful for identifying marks we might come across on open salts. These links will take you to outside websites, so you will have to use your own browser's BACK button to return here.

	Helpful for identifying and dating the color name of a Boyd Crystal Art Glass open salt. Click on each small chick picture for a larger image. Another page with all covered salts and the color lists is HERE
	An English striped favorite - among other designs. The various marks over the years help to determine age and authenticity.
	Great source for dating Doulton Lambeth and Royal Doulton pieces.
	Source for many variations on the more commonly seen European porcelain marks. Pay attention to the arrows at the bottom of the pages as some marks have more than one page.
	Gaudy Dutch, Gaudy Welsh and Gaudy Ironstone...a thumbnail description of each and how to tell the difference.
	Click on the two links near the bottom - "Examples of Common Trade Marks" & "Trade Marks to Stay Away From." On the first link, clicking on each mark will yield many more marks of that period.
	Identifies the marks on Irish Belleek china. Pins down the time of manufacture.
	Click on the "Identifying" link from the menu on the left. Helpful in determining real from fake signatures. (See both pages)
	Click on the years or other informational links on this page.
	Many different markings to help identify when your Quimper piece was made.
	History of marks of Royal Copenhagen. Don't miss the link on the left of backstamps since 1935.
	This is 925-1000.com, an excellent online resource for researching silver marks.
	Marks of Trenton, NJ potters.

There are many more books, references and informative websites out there. so they can be added.

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