Japan vx. Made in Japan
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Comments (1)Check ebay....doesn't look like much is getting any bids....See MoreMade in Japan Tea Pot, Creamer and Sugar bowl
Comments (1)At this point, all we know about the set is that it may be fifty years old and comes from Japan. Yes, please post pictures and any other identifying comments, like was anyone in your family in the military in that time frame. Did she travel? Back stamps or marks would be useful as well as some size reference. It may not pluck any signs of recognition but it would give us all a place to start....See MoreMarked 'MM Made in Japan'?
Comments (4)There are a few other examples of this same rose chintz pattern marked with the MM on the internet. Replacements has a small category of dinnerware listed simply as MM Japan. No pictures are shown of the undersides on that site to see their marks. I'm thinking Linda is right in the ballpark on the time frame of manufacture. Maybe a little earlier but not 'old' china by any stretch. I'm thinking as well it may be vinegar and oil cruets made for export. I am smiling, however, because I think the black O over the spout might was to identify the OIL cruet. And the other should have the black V but is also marked O. IOW you have two OIL cruets. Mistakes like these were not so uncommon in cheaper exported items in the post war years when the markets were flooded with pottery items from Japan and aside from the very established makers like Moriyama and Noritake were not always quality controlled. What also makes me wonder about this being a more mundane item is the MM mark. Moriyama used an M over M mark with a wreath. Their pottery was located in Mori-Machi Japan and that area is still associated with a high end potting business. It makes you wonder if the MM mark is not an effort to make people associate the ware with more prestigious companies and play off their names. I hope you make a discovery and find out it's a valuable piece, but I also suspect the possibility is great it was produced by one of the many little potteries who represented economical Asian exports before China stepped in to be the major suppliers. If you do find out any information on it's manufacturer, I love to see you share it with us so we'll know the next time we see it on an item. Good luck....See MoreMade in Japan...
Comments (1)kfca37, I have some pieces of China with a variety of markings such as Made in Japan or China. I have several matching and not matching pieces also with a variety of markings that my DH brought home from his tour of duty in the South Pacific. Those markings are so small I can't read them, even with a magnifying glass. I have a set of a tall tea pot and 6 matching small cups and saucers. They are marked "Made in Occupied Japan" and were brought home from a tour of duty in the South Pacific by my BIL, my DH's brother, but in a different time and area of the SP. I also have a set of tea cups and saucers .given to me by my MIL, and are marked with a tiny red design and under that it says Cherry China. I assume they were pre WW2. Unfortunately, there are reproductions which are hard to detect and It is hard now to know what is what by the markings. I suggest you google "Made in Japan" " Made in China" and "Made in Occupied Japan" "Cherry China" and Kovels. Sue...See Morelindac
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