Vintage 1930s Noritake Japan Horse Hound Hunting Scene Rectangular Shaped Dish

Sweet rectangular shape trinket dish, hand painted with horse and hound scene.

In good vintage condition with no chips or cracks

About 13 cm x 8 cm

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 earliest dinnerware plates were mostly hand-painted, often with liberal applications of gold. By the early 1920s, Noritake introduced assembly line techniques which allowed for mass production of high quality, yet affordable dinnerware. In the ensuing decades, Noritake continued to perfect its production capabilities and expand to markets worldwide.

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