Nippon M-in-Wreath Oval Celery Dish Tray Hand Painted Brown Black Gold 1911-1918
NIPPON Exquisite Decorative OVAL 13 3/16" by 6" CELERY DISH Serving Tray, M-in-Wreath mark, PINK Floral w/GREEN LEAVES & Gold Outlined Brown SCROLLWORK on WHITE, GOLD Trim, from Moraimura Bros. in Noritake, Japan, circa 1911-1918
DESCRIPTION: The beautiful hand painted celery dish was produced using a yellow, brown, black, green & blue with gold on white color palette. The gold is used in the rim's trim, on the reticulated handles and outlining the flowers and scrollwork. The flowers are surrounded by green leaves. This is most elaborate.
CONDITION: While this celery dish is classified as used, the condition is superb. We find it remarkable that the gold shows only a very small age appropriate wear on the line encircling the foot. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, rubbings, scratches or hairlines. See the photos.
DIMENSIONS: The tray has a height of 2" and is 13 3/16" by 6".
HISTORY/MARKS: Morimura Bros. formed the trading and decorating company in 1876 which evolved into Noritake. Noritake Company has a rich history of producing fine bone china all the way from January 1, 1904 when the Nippon Toki Kaisha Ltd - the forerunner to the present Noritake Company - was formed in the village of Noritake, a small suburb near Nagoya, Japan. The first reported U.S. registry for a Noritake backstamp for importing is 1911. The backstamp on this set is the green M-in-Wreath Mark. The M-in-Wreath Mark is attributed to Noritake and its forerunner in the 1890’s to 1921 time period. In Collecting Noritake A to Z Art Deco & More, David Spain shows that Noritake substituted Japan for Nippon in their backstamps starting in 1918. In ABC’s of Collecting Nippon Porcelain, Van Patten attributes the M-in-Wreath’s green mark #47 to since 1911. This seems to narrow the window of use for the M-in-Wreath mark to 1911-1918.
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This is ready to use or display with pride in your home.
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