Posted 9 years ago
robin56
(263 items)
I purchased this piece of nippon today at a local flea market for $3. I can't find the exact pattern or age of the piece. The mark is on the piece is a maple leaf with nippon written underneath and hand painted written next to it.
All pieces marked with the word "Nippon" date from 1891-1921.
I wonder if it is a Cherry Blossom mark rather than a maple leaf?
In 1924 a mark know as the "Cherry Blossom", in the shape of five "M" was sub-contracted by the Nippon Toki Kasha Company (Noritake Company) to independent companies making porcelain for export the USA Market. I have here collected a number of these and similar marks with the likelihood of a relation to the Noritake sales organization, the US market and a possibly date to the mid 1920s.
http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml#izumi
Any idea on pattern?