Nippon-hand painted porcelain bowl features a autumn scene with brightly colored leaves and walnuts. Interior of bowl also features gilded leaves and walnuts. Exterior has matching gilt design. Signed "Hand-Painted Nippon" in blue on verso with logo surrounded by laurel branches. Measures apprx 3" 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.
150/200 Sold $109.25
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