Antique c.1911 Handled 24K Gold Hand Painted Morimura Noritake Nippon Vase #47

Antique c.1911 Handled 24K Gold Hand Painted Morimura Noritake Nippon Vase Van Patten’s #47

 

Measurements: 11.25" tall x 6.25" wide with handles.

 

Condition: Excellent antique condition. Minimal to no wear of gold. All else is near mint. Please refer to all photos for this great Nippon Vase. Used only for private display.

 

Manufactured: c.1911, Nagoya Japan

 

Description: This is an amazing, beautifully hand crafted Antique c.1911 Handled 24K Gold Hand Painted Noritake Nippon Vase. Great cylindrical form with two beautifully gilded angled handles. Cobalt blue and black enamel. Delicately hand painted country side "panoramic" illustration featured with a generous amount of 24K gold design which encompases the entire vase. A matte finish with a great combination of warm colors simulating late afternoon sun. Quite impressive! Marked with Van Patten’s #47 "M" in wreath in underglaze green.

 

Perfect for any collector or for practical use.

 

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Information:

 

M in Wreath”, M stands for Morimura Bros. (importers). Mark used since 1911. Found in green (shown), blue, magenta, and gold colors. Van Patten’s #47

 

The vast majority of Nippon wares produced during the Nippon era were manufactured by the company that would later become the modern day Noritake Company. There are a total of 359 back stamps known to date. Joan Van Patten has collected a vast number of Nippon back stamps in her book entitled Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain, published in 2005.

 

History:

 

Noritake Co., Limited, commonly known as "Noritake," grew out of a trading company established in Tokyo and in New York City by the Morimura Brothers in 1876. In 1904, key members of this trading company created the Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. ("the Company that makes Japan's Finest China"), in Japan. Noritake's wares were mostly aimed at the European Market. This forerunner of the modern Noritake Company was founded in the village of Noritake, a small suburb near Nagoya, Japan. After various mergers the company now comes under the umbrella of the Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. Most of the company’s early wares carried one of the various “Nippon” back stamps to indicate its country of origin when exported to Western markets. Today, many collectors agree that the best examples of “Nippon-era” (1891–1921) hand painted porcelain carry a back stamp used by "Noritake" during the Nippon era.

 

Although consumers and collectors alike have called these wares, "Noritake" (and/or simply, "Nippon") since the late 1920s, the Japanese parent company did not officially change its name to the Noritake Co., Limited until 1981. Evidently, since Noritake is the name of a place, the company was initially prohibited from registering the name as a trade name.

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