SALE Nippon Morimura Brothers Floral Art Deco Hair Receiver

Porcelain : Antique

 

Welcome to PinkAntiques. For your consideration is this lovely Art Deco hair receiver made by the Morimura Brothers Company which later became the Noritake that we all know today. The flowers are stunning shades of pink surrounded by the hand-painted shapes that are classic of the style of Morimura design in the early 20th Century. The wonderful legs are very delicately curved and are adorned with heavy hand-painted gold accent. It stands 3 3/4 inches tall and is 4 inches across. It is in great condition with only one small factory flaw (a small raised bump with a black speck in the center) that I noticed on the back (see photo) and some gold loss around the outside rim of the lid.

It is marked on the bottom with a blue overglaze leaf, under which the word Nippon is printed. The words Hand painted were applied beside the leaf. This mark was used by the Morimura Brothers upon opening their import company in New York in 1878. The word Nippon is the Japanese word for Japan. Nippon was used on items made for export between 1981 after the McKinley Tariff Act was passed, until 1921 when they were required to use the word Japan. The company did not begin Art Nouveau and Art Deco design however until 1904 which dates this piece between 1904 and 1921. I had a difficult time getting a good picture of this mark because it is very light but you can see it in Kovel's New Dictionary of Marks, page 122, item A.

It's a lovely little piece - will compliment any hair receiver or floral porcelain collection.

Item ID: DT1003