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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: cmlindb on April 08, 2013, 11:16:10 AM
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I have some unmarked plates that I got from my grandma who she took out of a quality estate a long time ago. They aren't marked on the back but they struck me as cool. They have a silver rim that isn't painted on or anything. The silver was tarnished when I got it. Any ideas on when or where they came from? I don't know if it is even possible to identify without a mark but who knows.
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It would be almost impossible to identify without a mark of some type !! Most of the better plates would have a company name on the back usually with the pattern name and number !! I would guess from looking at the style and border they are likely from the 1970`s but could be slightly earlier or later !! Try googling "plates with silver floral border" and see if something comes up !! Also check ebay !!
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Yeah I have been looking through google trying to find a match or something close with no luck. I figured it would be almost impossible except for if someone has seen this before somewhere. They seem well made and are pretty cool though I just wish there was a mark on the back somewhere.
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Okay i decided to get outside with these plates to look really close and a couple of the plates had very very faint marks... what I got from it was "Hand Painted" onver a sybol and "Nippon" on the bottom. One of the plates had a small 10S on it
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Okay I have found the faint symbol on the back of one of the plates out of my 10 and it looks like this
(http://nipponcollectorsclub.com/images/backstamps/common-3.jpg)
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hundreds out there...see link....you have 10...so again..if they are not eating.....then...y ou,re quids in....
http://www.pricedumper.co.uk/hand+painted+nippon+plate?ggkey=hand+painted+nippon+plate
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Yeah I just did a little digging and it turns out there are a lot of fakes out there and ones that arent that old. I am looking pretty good as the symbol on mine is one of the older style symbols but I only can see the symbol on two of the plates. I am thinking that it will be hard to sell on ebay because it isn't possible to get a picture of the mark. I have also found out that when they used metal with the plates it was possibly made by the more high end makers and therefor more valuable. I cannot be sure though so maybe $10 on an appraisal might be worthwhile. If anything I can make that back at $1 a plate
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Nippon is the word for Japan !! That would mean likely made prior to 1940 !! If not a repro !!
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Try posting photos and explain about the faint mark and picture of it like you did here on the International Nippon Collectors Club page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Nippon-Collectors-Club-INCC/139737456114352
Please let us know what they say :)
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I think they're supposed to be early Noritake. Quite well made but still not worth a great deal