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Roughly 6.25\" at its widest, this is a very nicely done hand painted scene of a house by a creek and a bridge going to the home to cross the water.
Has the M marking on the back - which indicates it is \'pre-Noritake\' (it became Noritake), its from Japan and it was produced by the Morimura Bros.
Japanese porcelain made for export to the United States from 1891 to 1921 is called \"Nippon Porcelain\" because the word \"Nippon\" was on each piece. The word \"Nippon\" was required by the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. This law stated that all manufactured goods imported to the United States be marked with the country of origin. Since \"Nippon\" was the Japanese word for the country of Japan, porcelain made there for the U.S. market was marked \"Nippon\" to comply with the new law. The period between the passage of the McKinley Act in 1890 and the English word ruling in 1921 is the only time \"Nippon\" appeared in authentic marks. For years, this knowledge was an easy rule of thumb collectors used to their benefit. Any mark with \"Nippon\" had to be made before 1921
