Exquisite Decorative NORITAKE 4 Piece CONDIMENT SET, JAR, UNDERPLATE, LID, LADLE, Hand Painted ART DECO w/GOLD, from Moraimura Bros. in Noritake, Japan, circa 1918-1931
DESCRIPTION: This set has a very intricate pattern of gold and black crosshatching with additional gold and black decorations. The smooth rim is painted with a gold band and the handles are trimmed in gold as is the foot. The bowl of the ladle is white while the handle is cream with gold. All of the other 3 pieces have the black & gold crosshatching on the cream with other parts being white. There is actually a yellow band and a black band which separates the black & gold from the cream. See the photos.
CONDITION: The condition of this decorative set is superb. We can find no defects or damage. There is no rubbing to the paint. There are no chips, nicks, cracks, rubbings, scratches or hairlines. Please refer to the photos to see how classically beautiful this is.
DIMENSIONS: The elegant underplate has a diameter of 6" and a height of 1". The jar handle to handle is 6 1/4” while the oval jar is 4 1/2” x 4”. The height to top of the lid in place with all 4 pieces is 4 3/4”, The ladle length is 4 3/4”.
HISTORY/MARKS: Morimura Bros. formed the trading and decorating company in 1876 which evolved into Noritake. Noritake Company has a rich history of producing porcelain 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 with its huge kaolin clay sources. The first reported U.S. registry for a Noritake backstamp for importing is 1911. The backstamp on this piece is the green M-in-Wreath Mark with Noritake on the top. Under that is "Made Japan" with "Handpainted" in a curve under the wreath . In Collecting Noritake A to Z Art Deco & More, David Spain shows that Noritake substituted Japan for Nippon in their backstamps starting in 1918. Spain identifies this mark as #27.0 which was used 1918-1931. (The underplate is not marked, but obviously matches the other parts of the set.)
Please view all pictures carefully as they are part of the description. The stand was used as a photo prop and is not part of this listing.
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