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Found these lovely little cups and saucers on my latest tour of the second hand shops. 6 cups and five saucers only unfortunately but still pretty happy with the $11 paid for them!!

 

Sorry if there is repeat pics there

 

I think they date somewhere between 1910-1921. From what my partner could figure out.

 

They are sweet. Maybe @clutteredcloset49 can tell you more about them.

 

You can still go back to 'edit', and delete the repeats.

 

I wish the market was better for vintage Nippon......I have quite a bit of it.

 

Very pretty, Rick!

Mark looks like this one:

Described as:
135. Mark: "M" standing for "Morimura" in a wreath, crowned by "Hand painted" and below, NIPPON. Date: Introduced in 1911 and possible in use until 1921. The first reported U.S. registry for a Noritake back stamp for importing is 1911. Noritake first produced dinnerware for the American market in 1914.
... It bears a typical back stamp of Noritake, the letter "M" in a wreath and the words "Hand painted."

from:
http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/noritake.shtml

 

I would guess 1915-1920. Made for export. Very nice set.
Mikey

 

Thought I'd add this as the Nippon mark has been faked. I have no opinion on your pieces as I'm not familiar enough with old Nippon to have any idea.

https://www.realorrepro.com/article/New-Porcelain-Marked-Nippon

 

Thanks for that, SIS - very enlightening!

 

Looks like everyone got up earlier than me.
I was going to add the Real or Repro page, but SIS just beat me to that as well.

The only thing I can add is they are demitasse size. Very popular at the time

 

Oh interesting - the page I pulled up is different than SIS'

https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Nippon-reproductions

 

Your mark is real

 

Thanks so much for the replies. I was aware that some fakes were produced of this stuff but the glaze and the quality are extremely good so I don't doubt their authenticity. If they are fakes they are very well presented!! They are quite translucent and very fine. Just as a side note these were found in Australia. Well Tasmania actually. So i guess that makes them around $7 USD.

 

I don't doubt their authenticity either. The fakes are pretty ugly for the most part. These, most likely, are survivors from a beverage or dessert service. Unfortunately, there's not much call for these in the States at the present time. I passed up a condiment set with the same mark just yesterday. It was marked $11 with 25% off but there was no way I could have resold it at a profit. Sad really. I hope it comes back in style.
Don