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This is the very popular in America Phoenix pattern. I have seen later examples with the Made in Japan designation. You can see an entire dinner service being used in the recent bio pic of J.D. Salinger. I love when some set designer uses something that I own or that we grew up with, Mad Men was a field day, "My parents had those drinks glasses," husband responded, "so did mine." My circa 1930 Dutch Boy cookie jar has also made a screen appearance, I just can't remember the movie. Also, my nineteen-thirties art deco style radio made an appearance in one of the nineteen thirties Thin Man Movies. I loved William Powell, "hello Sugar." Which, spurred a love of Dashiell Hammett, who was smart enough to get away with some naughty bits in his books.
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Hi Sharon,
The Nippon mark was a requirement under the McKinley Act 1890 with regard to imports etc. Mark used between 1890-1921.
Dating nippon ware was fairly easy until the 1990's when fake nippon marked porcelain started appearing on the market. From memory they were produced in Taiwan/China.
I also like to watch old Hollywood movies from time to time from the bygone era of the 1930's. In particular those that featured Anna May Wong.
Mark
Thank you Mark, what an amazing life she lived. Thank goodness for Wikipedia. I remember Bombs Over Burma, Portrait in Black and a few others, but Dr. Fumanchu frightened me as a child. They did run old movies on our television station in the nineteen fifties under the odd title of First Run Theatre, while Ted Turner was probably still in high school. I do love Turner Classic Movies and my dear late Mom would not watch any film made after 1975 and she would not watch many made in the early seventies, so bless you Mr. Turner.
I love this topic and have to chime in on my experience.
When I was young our family china was Burleighware blue bird (?). They gave me something to stare at as I picked at my dinner. Then one day in the early 70s they were replaced by oversized, off-white "rustic" looking service: thick, heavy, slightly speckled. Very trendy but didn't appeal to me, I thought they were boring. I wondered why western civilization was declining.
One of my dear late past neighbors was a retired librarian and a fine mentor to me, one of many. I enjoyed many teas at her house featuring her favored Singapore Bird pattern and yes, it made life more interesting. Your pattern is lovely.
Here in Germany it‘s the same with Meissen. Well-to-do families hade large services mostly of the onion pattern. Then these kind of porcelain fell out of fashion, it might have been in the 1980s. My husband remembers seeing a service on the bulk waste but he couldn’t grab it. Today auctions are full of Meissen services for 12 or even 24 persons that no one wants to buy as they are still really expensive - and where would you display them?
Birgit
Right before we entered lockdown, I was about to leave my favorite local consignment shop, having purchased a large vase from Taiwan, when a fellow came in wanting to know if the proprietor would have any interest in a set of china. She replied only if it is dishwasher safe. If I had more time, I would have asked him about his inherited dishes, no telling what chance on a great set of Noritake, I may have wasted. My wedding china is Hutchenreuther and really it is not that difficult to hand wash dishes, my two sisters and I took turns doing it in the nineteen fifties and it may even be good for millenials to have their hands in suds about now. Bring back the drying rack!
This is the light blue vase I was holding when he came in to see if he could consign his china set. It looks white in the two outside photos. I did not have my reading glasses with me, so I had to ask the girl what the small oval paper label stated and she said, "just the word Taiwan." It must have fallen off, the other label is her inventory label or someone else's inventory label, so modern but I told her, "I do not have one from Taiwan, so sold."
H: 19.5"
Sounds like some happy memories.
We had some tea cups as well, many of them got damaged over the years. One plate was browned because I, as a child, tried to warm a plate of food up in the oven once under the broiler (!!!)
I still have a medium sized platter and two small bowls that I use for serving nuts or candy. I love mixing it up with my blue and white Chinese items. The differences are striking.
Hi Brigit,
Yes. It's sad.
With housing so expensive and less space to display items, no one seems to want "impractical" dishes that won't go in the dishwasher anymore. Plus, hosting dinner parties seems to be a dying art.
Meanwhile I don't have a dishwasher and being limited in space means that I collect antique dishes that can stack and I can rotate out for display on my table. Works for me!
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