Porcelain marks, written in alphabets other ... name of the country of origin in legible English. The Japanese used “Nippon,” which was the English equivalent of the Japanese word for Japan.

A decade ago, collectors were wild for American Indian designs, done on humidors ... Source: "Van Patten's ABC's of Collecting Nippon Porcelain" ($29.95, Collector Books), by Joan Van Patten.

The shapes and designs of coffee cups bound ... Old Noritake is defined as “a generic term for porcelain manufactured and sold by Morimura-gumi and Nippon Tōki, predecessor of Noritake, from ...

Its blue circular mark says “Nippon.” A: Assuming your Nippon porcelain vase, circa 1910 to 1921, with pigtail-shaped handles measures around 8 inches high and is in good condition ...

Appraisal: Nippon Porcelain Coralene Collection, ca. 1910, from Cincinnati Hour 1. Watch David Lackey's appraisal of a Nippon Porcelain Coralene collection, from Japan with glass bead decoration ...

Is this a fair appraisal? Frank Schmitz, Parma The "Nippon" mark is found on Japanese-made porcelain, not pottery, from 1891 until 1921. Rich, cobalt blue was often combined with gold decoration ...

He visited the Paris World's Fair, and started manufacturing Western style porcelain dinnerware in 1904 as Nippon Toki Kaisha Ltd in Noritake. The M in the wreath and Nippon were used between 1911 ...

Any ideas? — D.K., New Hampshire Dear ... gave Baron Morimura the idea to start manufacturing Western style porcelain dinnerware, and in 1904 the Nippon Toki Kaisha Ltd was established in ...