Posted 3 years ago
Lachriseja
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I inherited this from my grandmother I don't know much about it much about it but I would like to find out information about it
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Posted 3 years ago
Lachriseja
(1 item)
I inherited this from my grandmother I don't know much about it much about it but I would like to find out information about it
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Would you please change out one of your pictures to include a picture showing the entire item?
I like the parts I see but I have no idea what the item is. Also, let everyone know the dimensions.
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Looks like a Pierrot design
Hi, Lachriseja. :-)
I suspect Newfld is right in that the clown is supposed to resemble Pierrot.
Here are a couple of others (sorry about the eBay listings):
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Clown Biscuit Cookie Jar Shoten Trico Porcelain Hand Painted Pierrot
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/224502018763
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Art Deco Shoten Trico Japan Porcelain Clown Cookie Biscuit Jar w/ Lid & Handle. about 7 inches high by 7 inches wide. Note small line inside of top (picture 5)which I think is a manufacturer’s defect seen in similar pieces.
Last picture I’m just showing how I had displayed. In the past I have seen the exact clown marked Noritake.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/165235660430
Here's the Noritake inspiration:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/art-deco-noritake-pierrot-clown-1908797844
About Trico:
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Trico China is a Tashiro Shoten Mark (see White'book mark #11)
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https://modernjapanesepotterymarks.blogspot.com/2014/09/made-in-japan.html
Apparently that "White" reference is this:
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"Collector's Guide to Made in Japan Ceramics" Carole Bess White Vol. 1-4
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It's a little head-achey finding all four volumes of that book. Here's a start:
https://www.worldcat.org/title/collectors-encyclopedia-of-made-in-japan-ceramics-identification-values/oclc/60829855&referer=brief_results