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RARE ANTIQUE 1908 MARUKI MARK NORITAKE FINE PORCELAIN LOT / SET OF ONE SOUP / DESSERT BOWL, FIVE SAUCERS AND FIVE TEA PLATES
AN EXTREMELY RARE PATTERN AS WELL AS MANUFACTURERS MARK BY NORITAKE JAPAN. THE MARUKI SYMBOL IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANCE - "INCLUDES A TREE, LATER CHANGED TO SPEARS TO SYMBOLIZE BREAKING THROUGH OBSTACLES, AND A CIRCLE FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF PROBLEMS" IN 1908, THE SAME YEAR THIS BACK STAMP WAS UTILIZED, THE FIRST JAPANESE REGISTRY FOR A NORITAKE BACK STAMP WAS RECORDED FOR USE IN JAPAN
THIS LOT/SET CONSISTS OF A LARGE SOUP OR DESSERT BOWL AS WELL AS FIVE IDENTICAL SAUCERS AND FIVE IDENTICAL TEA PLATES. ALL ELEVEN ITEMS ARE DECORATED IN GOLD ROSE BOUQUETS JOINED ACROSS THE SURFACE BY GOLDEN FLORAL DRAPERIES (SWAG) ALL SUSPENDED FROM A GOLD DECORATED SAGE BAND. ALL DECORATIONS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT RAISED RELIEF
I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNABLE TO FIND THIS NORITAKE PATTERN ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET AND YET IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "NORITAKE, MADE IN JAPAN"
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://www.invaluable.com/blog/noritake-china-value/ (Pls scroll towards the bottom of the link to see the marks)
CONDITION : THE LARGE SOUP/DESSERT BOWL HAS AGE RELATED FADING OF ITS GOLD DECORATIONS ASIDE FROM WHICH ALL ELEVEN (11) ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CHIPS, CRAZING, STAINING ETC
SIZE : DESSERT / SOUP BOWL - 6cm HEIGHT.....9.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....13cm DIAMETER OF RIM
SAUCERS EACH - 2.4cm HEIGHT.....8.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....14.5cm DIAMETER OF RIM
TEA PLATES EACH - 2cm HEIGHT.....10cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....16.5cm DIAMETER OF RIM
ONE BID FOR ALL ELEVEN (11) ITEMS AS A LOT / SET
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
A Courier service is also available upon request
This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED