Marks & Signatures

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Identify marks on pottery, silver, jewelry and glass, and look up their makers.

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find_makers Read-only

Searches makers and their aliases by name across pottery, silver, jewelry, glass and other maker marks, optionally within one category or country. Returns pages of makers with place, active years, number of marks and an example mark image.

querystring

Maker name or alias. Empty browses the most searched makers.

cursorstring

Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page.

countrystring

Country name as shown in the catalogue, such as Germany, United Kingdom or United States.

categorystring

Catalogue category: pottery (pottery and porcelain), silver (silver hallmarks), jewelry (jewelry and gold stamps), glass, or other (other maker marks such as cast iron and tools).

pageSizeinteger

Results per page; default 8.

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https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp

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find_makers Read-only

querystring

Maker name or alias. Empty browses the most searched makers.

cursorstring

Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page.

countrystring

Country name as shown in the catalogue, such as Germany, United Kingdom or United States.

categorystring

Catalogue category: pottery (pottery and porcelain), silver (silver hallmarks), jewelry (jewelry and gold stamps), glass, or other (other maker marks such as cast iron and tools).

pageSizeinteger

Results per page; default 8.

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find_makers

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Argument	Type	Description
query	string	Maker name or alias. Empty browses the most searched makers.
cursor	string	Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page.
country	string	Country name as shown in the catalogue, such as Germany, United Kingdom or United States.
category	string	Catalogue category: pottery (pottery and porcelain), silver (silver hallmarks), jewelry (jewelry and gold stamps), glass, or other (other maker marks such as cast iron and tools).
pageSize	integer	Results per page; default 8.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "minLength": 0,
      "description": "Maker name or alias. Empty browses the most searched makers."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 2048,
      "minLength": 0,
      "description": "Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Country name as shown in the catalogue, such as Germany, United Kingdom or United States."
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "pottery",
        "silver",
        "jewelry",
        "glass",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Catalogue category: pottery (pottery and porcelain), silver (silver hallmarks), jewelry (jewelry and gold stamps), glass, or other (other maker marks such as cast iron and tools)."
    },
    "pageSize": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Results per page; default 8."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_details

Returns the full public record for one mark or one maker: wording, type, period and dating notes for a mark; history, aliases, what to look for and look-alike makers for a maker. Includes links to the matching pages on Marks & Signatures.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	Exact id of a mark (mark:...) or a maker (maker:category/slug) from earlier results.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Exact id of a mark (mark:...) or a maker (maker:category/slug) from earlier results."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_maker_marks

Returns the marks of one maker with images, wording, type and period, in date order. Accepts a maker id or a mark id; with a mark id that mark comes first.

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Argument	Type	Description
id*	string	Exact id of a mark (mark:...) or a maker (maker:category/slug) from earlier results.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Exact id of a mark (mark:...) or a maker (maker:category/slug) from earlier results."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

identify_mark

Ranks catalogue marks that match a description of a mark: visible wording or letters, symbols, outline shape, colour, how it was made, category, country and years of use. Returns pages of marks with maker, image, period and the details that matched, plus a link to the same search on Marks & Signatures.

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Argument	Type	Description
to	integer	Latest year the mark may have been used.
from	integer	Earliest year the mark may have been used.
type	string	How the mark was made, such as impressed, incised, printed or painted.
query	string	Text visible on the mark and details you can see, such as letters, words, numbers, a symbol, a colour or a shape. Empty browses marks of the most searched makers.
border	string	Outline shape around the mark, such as circle, oval, shield, square or diamond.
colour	string	Colour of the mark, such as blue, red, green, gold or black.
cursor	string	Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page.
country

list_categories

Lists the five mark categories with the number of marks and makers in each and a link to each category page.

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No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [],
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}

{ "type": "object", "required": [], "properties": { "to": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 2100, "minimum": 100, "description": "Latest year the mark may have been used." }, "from": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 2100, "minimum": 100, "description": "Earliest year the mark may have been used." }, "type": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1, "description": "How the mark was made, such as impressed, incised, printed or painted." }, "query": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 120, "minLength": 0, "description": "Text visible on the mark and details you can see, such as letters, words, numbers, a symbol, a colour or a shape. Empty browses marks of the most searched makers." }, "border": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1, "description": "Outline shape around the mark, such as circle, oval, shield, square or diamond." }, "colour": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1, "description": "Colour of the mark, such as blue, red, green, gold or black." }, "cursor": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2048, "minLength": 0, "description": "Opaque nextCursor from a previous page with identical arguments and pageSize; absent on the first page." }, "country": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 80, "minLength": 1, "description": "Country name as shown in the catalogue, such as Germany, United Kingdom or United States." }, "symbols": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 40, "minLength": 1, "description": "A symbol name." }, "maxItems": 8, "description": "Symbol names to match, such as crown, anchor, lion-passant, beehive or crossed-swords." }, "category": { "enum": [ "pottery", "silver", "jewelry", "glass", "other" ], "type": "string", "description": "Catalogue category: pottery (pottery and porcelain), silver (silver hallmarks), jewelry (jewelry and gold stamps), glass, or other (other maker marks such as cast iron and tools)." }, "pageSize": { "type": "integer", "maximum": 20, "minimum": 1, "description": "Results per page; default 8." } }, "additionalProperties": false }

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