Please help me identify fish plate!

Was left this by my Grandmother and am dying to know what it is! Thanks!!

 

Greetings, Emily!

Decor looks Japanese, but the mark doesn't. Was your Grandmother living in the UK at all?

 

If you do a Google Image search for "Japanese Imari Fish Platter," lots of these will come up. They were a popular import in the late 1960s/early 1970s.

Debora

 

Yours appears to be modern but would be based on earlier designs. This one is antique, from the Meiji period.

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5713953

Debora

 

Imari fish plate - Japan - early 20st century - Catawiki

 

Do you know anything more about yours? What did your grandmother tell you about it? How long did she own it?

Debora

 

IMO this is an old one, late 19thc

 

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Debora

 

It has an older "vibe" to me too.

 

I was so surprised to find this exact one listed. It's you I'm guessing.

Assuming it's the same one, 12-1/2” x 9” x 3”

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Im...683819?hash=item3675bef8eb:g:QvUAAOSwbuFgMWTG

 

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Debora

 

Why surprised.... hardly the 1st time someone listed an item....not telling us as much...and making out to be innocent of what they already knew......

 

It was just me I'm sure, I was just surprised it was the first one that came up on Ebay. I was thinking I'd seen the mark before somewhere but didn't find it in a quick search. I wonder if it was on these boards. (looks like a comical bug with a hat on to me so it's probably some revered symbol)

All things could be true when it comes to origin and knowledge.

 

I think the mark is supposed to be some sort of flower perhaps. Leaf marks are also used. I agree from the decoration and colors used, that it could be late 19th/early 20th c.

 

I imagine my thoughts on the mark were likely swayed by the visit I had last year by a moth with the charming name of Beautiful Wood Nymph.