Marks & Signatures
RemoteAbout Marks & Signatures
Marks & Signatures is a hosted reference service for identifying maker’s marks on pottery, porcelain, silver, jewelry, and glass. It helps collectors and researchers match a mark to makers and explore mark histories and images through chat.
Key features
- 01Identify marks from descriptions
- 02Search makers by name or alias
- 03View mark dating and historical notes
- 04Browse a maker’s marks in date order
- 05Explore catalogue categories
Use cases
- 01Identify a mark on pottery or glass
- 02Investigate a silver hallmark or jewelry stamp
- 03Review marks associated with a maker
MCP support
The hosted remote MCP server provides read-only tools for mark identification, maker search, detail lookup, maker mark listings, and catalogue categories.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http com-marksandsignatures-marksandsignatures-com https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp{"mcpServers":{"com-marksandsignatures-marksandsignatures-com":{"type":"http","url":"https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-marksandsignatures-marksandsignatures-com":{"type":"http","url":"https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-marksandsignatures-marksandsignatures-com":{"type":"http","url":"https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-marksandsignatures-marksandsignatures-com":{"serverUrl":"https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEMarks & Signatures MCP app
Marks & Signatures identifies maker's marks, hallmarks and stamps on pottery, porcelain, silver, jewelry and glass, and shows the maker and all of its marks, right in the chat. It works in ChatGPT, Claude and any client that supports remote MCP servers.
- Website: https://marksandsignatures.com
- App guide: https://marksandsignatures.com/app/
- Support: https://marksandsignatures.com/about/
- Privacy: https://marksandsignatures.com/privacy/ · Terms: https://marksandsignatures.com/terms/
Connect
The server is hosted by Marks & Signatures. No sign-in or API key is needed.
{ "mcpServers": { "marksandsignatures": { "url": "https://marksandsignatures.com/api/mcp" } } }
Tools (all read-only)
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
identify_mark | Ranked catalogue marks for a description: wording or letters, symbols, outline, colour, mark type, category, country and years |
find_makers | Makers by name or alias, with place, active years and an example mark |
get_details | One mark or one maker: dating notes, history, what to look for and look-alikes |
get_maker_marks | All of a maker's marks in date order, with images |
list_categories | The catalogue's categories with their counts |
Try asking
- "I have a plate with a blue crown above the word BAVARIA. Which marks match?"
- "A silver spoon with a walking lion and the letters EW. Who might have made it?"
- "Show me the marks of Meissen."
Report an issue
Open an issue in this repository or write to the support address on the website's About page.
This repository
It holds only the registry descriptor (server.json), icons and this README, under the MIT licence. The website, its catalogue, mark images and the Marks & Signatures brand are not relicensed by it.
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