Friday, August 24, 2012

Vintage UNC Noritake tea set of 4 saucers and cups

Vintage new old stock 'NOS' Noritake tea set of 4 saucers and cups

I bought this set during my Japan visit on Jun1992. Never been used and still in original box. keep for cabinet display only.


Made and marked by Noritake.
I am unsure of the exact name of the pattern.
All of the cups and saucers are in good condition and ready for your table!


Price :RM800

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.
Noritake also invented the vacuum fluorescent display in 1967.
The Noritake Garden in Nagoya features the production of its ceramics.













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