Vintage 1930s Noritake Japan Farmer Plowing with Horses dish with handle

This unusual elongated octagon shaped dish has been hand painted with a farmer ploughing with two horses in a lovely country scene.

In good vintage condition with no chips or cracks

About 20 cm/8” long x 12 cm/5” wide and 9cm/4” tall with handle

Noritake  grew out of a trading company originally established by the Morimura Brothers in New York in 1876. This trading company imported chinaware, curios, paper lanterns and other gift items. In 1904, the forerunner of the Noritake Company was established in the village of Noritake, a small suburb near Nagoya, Japan. The goal of this first factory was to create western-style dinnerware for export, which they achieved in 1914.

The green back-stamp on this item dates to about 1933