Vintage Noritake Dolly Varden Basket - Mint, Nut, Candy Dish, Vase - Tree in the Meadow

Porcelain : By Maker Or Type : Noritake : Tree In The Meadow : Vintage : China : Decorative Arts : 20th Century : Oriental, Made In Japan, Mij, Japanese

 

Named after a character in Dickens' 1839 “Barnaby Rudge” who sparked a fashion fad in the Victorian era, this Dolly Varden container would make a wonderful addition to existing collections or a great start for a new one. The decorative basket features the classic “Tree in the Meadow” (TIM) pattern by Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. Classic TIM items like this were only available from Larkin Company catalogs from about 1926 to 1935. A 1930 Fall-Winter catalog refers to it as, ‘Colorful Scenic Pattern in Hand Painted Imported Noritake China’ (Joan Van Patten, “The Collector's Encyclopedias of Noritake”).

CONDITION: the bowl and handle are in near mint condition, with no chips or cracks and very little wear.

MARK: Magenta Noritake “M in wreath” Hand Painted, Made in Japan mark, registered in 1918 (DS #27.3) used through the end of the Art Deco era.

SIZE: about 4” long x 2 ½” wide and nearly 4” high to the top of the handle.

COLORS: bone china white underside, gold trim at the rim, dark brown and black details, the hand-painted scene is in rich autumnal shades of orange, brown, peach, tan, blue, gray and a hint of lavender.

ORIGIN: of Japanese (Asian, Oriental) derivation, most pre-WWII Noritake collectibles were designed at the Morimura Brothers trading company in New York City, then made and hand decorated by employees at the Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. ("the Company that makes Japan's Finest China") factory in Noritake, Japan for export to Western (Occidental) markets.

According to Van Patten, “one of the delights in handpainting is that each piece of any one item differs somewhat from each other piece, so that every ‘Tree in Meadow’ piece is unique.”

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Item ID: Noritake Dolly Varden Basket

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