| Description
| Noritake Comport Bowl. Bowl is white with outer pattern in black and gold, gold handles and pedestal base bordered in black and gold. Inside are 4 oval turquoise panels, 2 with three flowers with leaves, and 2 with two flowers with leaves. Central circular panel contains two flowers with leaves on a white background.
These panels are on a black background with a repeat pattern in gold of an 8 petalled flower contained in a circle. The bowl has a yellow border with gold trim.
The Noritake Co. Ltd. was founded in Japan for the exclusive purpose of manufacturing chinaware for export. The company began in a small way early in the Meiji era when the Morimura brothers established an office in New York in 1876, and a short time later another one in Nagoya.
The Noritake Company was the only company allowed to continue production of commercial dinner-ware during W.W.II. The tree crest is believed to be the family crest of the Morimuras.
(Note a "Comport" is a form of dessert dish on a stem base, popular in the 19th Century.)
Previously Numbered : Item No. 500 and 83 : 5 : 56 |
