Empress China "Hand Painted Japan"

by MSfromtheOC
(Irvine, CA USA)

We received a set of dishes from family members, the set is a beautiful floral pattern with a gold rim. On the back is a maker's mark that I would describe as follows...

At the top are the words: "Empress China" and long the bottom of the mark it says"Hand Painted" and "Japan"

The center of the mark looks like a stylized H, but you can see it better in the photo. I'm guessing that this is from post-war Japan, as it's in English and not Japanese, but not sure.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Michael

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Empress China "Hand Painted Japan"

Hi

Many thanks for your contribution to the website.

Probably post-war, but check on Gotheborg.com. Empress China may be one of the hundreds of marks of Noritake, but I am not sure.

Peter (admin)

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