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    Posted 10 years ago

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    nicole.war…
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    I would love help identifying this! I cannot find this particular backstamp ANYWHERE! Thanks in advance!

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    1. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      As you may know Nippon roughly translates to “JAPAN” and pre dates 1921 when all Japanese porcelain coming into the US had to be marked with the English translation.
      For some reason Nippon collectors have focused on pieces made by companies who provided wares for Noritake, which your beautiful piece is not.
      I will see what I can find on your mark, but focus on searching “antique Japanes” rather than Nippon and you will get better results.
      If you visit the Nippon collectors website, you will see the only marks which they find “acceptable” !
    2. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      It bears the marks of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, which was a Japanese export company in the early 20th century.
    3. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      I am not an expert, but I would say that the color on your vase is very rare and unusual for that time period.
    4. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      I’m always saddened when an exporter/importer has a porcelain maker mark their creations with the exporters mark, so i did a little more research to try and find the actual maker’s mark.
      I found this mark on gotherborg.com, as well as a description of the glazes the pottery used in Awaji. Looks like your mark was turned sideways. What do you think?
    5. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      Oops, forgot the link!
      http://gotheborg.com/marks/awaji.shtml
    6. racer4four racer4four, 10 years ago
      Mary you are an incredible well of knowledge!

      I have no idea about this at all Nicole except to say I find it exquisite.
      And....listen to Mary!!!
    7. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      I know what the Awaji mark looks like. They did have cobalt blue glazes, and I was merely suggesting that the maker may have done an altered version or a “twist” on their usual mark inside that of the exporter’s, it’s a possibility
    8. Celiene Celiene, 2 years ago
      It's Mitsui Bussan.

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