Posted 8 years ago
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I would like to know what Nippon pattern this is as well as the date produced range. I can't find another like this one anywhere on the Internet. Can't be that rare I'm sure. It's 6" tall and 4" wide at the mid-section. I inherited from my mother-in-law. I know it's at least 50 years old because my husband said it had been in her china cabinet his entire life. Want to know its history so I can pass along to our son.
It's Noritake, pre-1921. From gotheburg.com:
Mark: "M" standing for "Morimura" in a wreath, crowned by "Hand painted" and below, NIPPON. Date: Introduced in 1911 and possible in use until 1921. The first reported U.S. registry for a Noritake back stamp for importing is 1911. Noritake first produced dinnerware for the American market in 1914. A piece of the dinnerware in the Noritake factory in Nagoya shows that the pattern was The Sedan (11292), a white body with cream border with a small spray of flowers. It bears a typical back stamp of Noritake, the letter "M" in a wreath and the words "Hand painted."
Awesome! That's very helpful. Didn't think it was that old though. Still looks so good. Thank you very much.
Well I could be wrong, but gotheburg is used quite a lot on this site by collectors.
Yea, that wasn't it. I spent 4 hours online last night looking for this pattern. It's baffling me. I can't find another like it. Uggg! Oh well, I'll keep looking.
What wasn't what? If you are looking for the pattern, you can try searching Noritake on Replacements.com, though patterns that old are very rarely named or dated or even listed. As far as dating, again the gotheburg time frame is probably as close are you are going to get, unless you run down someone who is intimately familiar with Noritake and shares that information with you. There may be reference books in your local library, as another option.
http://www.replacements.com/
http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml