Does anyone know about 'Imoto' backstamp?

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  1. LaineyV

    LaineyV Active Member

    Hi All

    I have a tea set with this backstamp. Does anyone know anything about the manufacturer? Date? It seems a bit chunky to be anything other than Japanese mass produced?? Also not sure whether it's hand painted??
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    The tea cups have a geisha girl's head impressed in the bottom.

    Thanks

    Laine
     
    LaineyV, Sep 17, 2019
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Impressed in the bottom or printed so that light comes through and her face is visible?
     
    Bakersgma, Sep 17, 2019
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  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    A bit too neat to be handpainted - IMHO
     
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  4. LaineyV

    LaineyV Active Member

    Both impressed and visible when held up to the light. Does that mean something then?
     
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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Yes - the image at the bottom is called a "lithophane" which often appears on Kutani ware. There is one odd thing though. Lithophanes are usually done on very thin china - and this piece looks anything but thin.
     
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  6. LaineyV

    LaineyV Active Member

    Thanks for that information. Do you know anything about the manufacturer or date please?
     
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  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    No - could not find an "Imoto" entry in the Gotheborg site (but I did not have time to look at every page yet.) The geisha lithophanes often show up in ware brought back by US servicemen post WWII.
     
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