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    Posted 2 years ago

    kwqd
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    This Japanese handmade and painted condiment set has a tray that is 6.75" square x 6.5" high. The small pot (toothpick?) is 2" high x 2.5" diameter, the salt and pepper shakers are 3" high x 1.5" diameter, and the sauce pot is 2.5" high and 3" in diameter, minus the spout. The sauce pot and small pot are marked with a couple of Japanese characters on the bottom.

    This was a surprising find. It appears to be a blend of Japanese culture (sauce pot, small pot and tray) and Western culture (salt and pepper shakers). There may have been another piece, perhaps a spoon for the small pot, as there was a chip of glazed material the same color as the small pot, in the tray. There is not much room in the tray for anything else, so it had to be a fairly small item. Perhaps a lid or spoon for the small container?

    Thrift shop find yesterday. Possibly by Fujio Kitade, well known Kutani potter?

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    1. racer4four racer4four, 2 years ago
      It's interesting that Japanese people adopted the whole Western cruet idea, I see it a bit in glass too.
      This is so very Japanese, a beautiful set, handmade, to be used every day.
    2. kwqd kwqd, 2 years ago
      Thanks for your comments, Karen! I suspect that the Japanese probably developed the sauce pot independently of the European cruet.

      Thanks for checking out my condiment set Blueyecon, Cisum, kivatinitz, Leelani, Reise, fortapache, vcal, Karen, dav2no1, Jenni, BHIFOS and Vynil33rpm!
    3. kwqd kwqd, 2 years ago
      Added images of potter's marks.

      Thanks, elanskie!
    4. kwqd kwqd, 2 years ago
      Thanks SEAN68!
    5. kwqd kwqd, 2 years ago
      Thanks for checking out my condiment set, jscott0363!
    6. kwqd kwqd, 2 years ago
      Thanks, jbingham95!

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