Posted 10 years ago
MikeP64
(2 items)
Picked up a box of china at a yard sale. It included a 42 pieces of this pattern including 10 1/2 inch plates, 7 3/4 inch plates, 7 1/2 inch bowls, smaller bowls and footed tea cups and saucers. The marking is M Japan, pattern is Arlene 3559.
In trying to identify these I saw a popular replacement china website had them listed as just M Japan which just didn't seem right since I could find no further information on M Japan pieces. Further searching brought me to another site discussing Noritake porcelain which stated an M circled in a wreath identified it as Morimura china. This piece does not have the M circled in a wreath only has the wreath under the M with a bird over it.
My search then brought me here so I thought I would see if anyone might have further info to enlighten me on these pieces.
Any help is appreciated.
I searched through all the Japanese marks on marks4antiques and gotheborg.com, and the Noritake collector’s guild of Australia and found nothing with the eagle above a wreath.
Replacements have it listed as Japan china, so they were not able to identify the maker either.
In my opinion, it’s not Morimura (later became Noritake) but possible Moriyama-made by Seyei Toki Co Ltd. They are still in business today and they have many different forms of marks, however I believe that yours are more from mid-century period.
Anyway, here’s the link to replacements.com
http://search.replacements.com/texis/search/main.html?query=arlene+pattern+infield%3Aenc%3AManufacturerName%3DJAPAN%2BCHINA&pr=Meta_20150119&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=0&rwfreq=0&rlead=1000&rdepth=0&sufs=3&order=ClientCount-d%2CPieceOrder-a&sr=-1
Thank you, I appreciate the reply. Replacements is where I saw it listed as M Japan, I will check out Moriyama.
Arlene is a Noritake pattern !! ;-)
Thank you surfdub, appreciate the response.
Yes, but it a different pattern from this, it’s also shown at replacements.com
Mike, I didn’t see nay examples yet of your mark associated with Moriyama, but as their still in business, as yours appear to be from the 1950-60’s, I’m assuming that’s who made them