Posted 6 years ago
planetx64
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Hi guys, need your help. I bought this at estate sale but can't identify plus I am not sure authentic. Anybody have any info on this NIPPON Low Bowl?
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I think this is possibly and original piece and dating to around 1900. It looks like Seto ware to me, but I readily admit my knowledge of Japanese pottery is small.
About the Nippon impression, I found this on Gotheborg.com:
"The word "Nippon" in western characters means "Japan" and occurs on most Japanese wares from around 1890 until the early 1920s. From 1891 imports to America were required to be marked with the country of origin, in western characters. Thus Japanese exports (to America) were marked with "Nippon" in English from this date to 1922, when the requirement was changed to that the word "Japan" should be used. These are the so-called "Nippon wares". However, the rule doesn't apply in other countries nor always in America because sometimes paper labels and the like was used. So while finding a back stamp saying "Nippon" is a useful dating aid its absence is not determinative. "