Hand-painted Nippon centerpiece compote features a design with lovely pink flowers and gold swags. Gold medallion in center has a vine and fleur-de-lis pattern. Upper and lower rims are edged in gold. Signed "Hand-Painted Nippon" in red and green on verso with logo. Measures apprx 3-1/2" H x 9" W.
The word used in the back stamp of famous Asian china, Nippon, simply means Japan. Nippon china was produced for export to the United States beginning in 1865, when the country ended its long period of commercial isolation, and ending in 1921, when the United States enforced the McKinley Tariff act which prohibited the import of items which were not plainly marked, stamped, branded or labeled in legible English words. As Nippon was considered the Japanese word for the country of origin, Japan being the English equivalent, the period of the Nippon china mark came to an end.
125/150 Sold $80.50
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