ANTIQUE NORITAKE HANDPAINTED FINE CHINA TEA CUPS

FOR SALE I HAVE 4 VINTAGE NORITAKE HANDPAINTED FINE CHINA TEA CUPS, MADE IN JAPAN. THEY ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Mark: "M" for Morimura in a wreath, crowned by "NORITAKE" and below, "Hand painted" and "Made in Japan". This mark was registered in 1918 and seems to have come in to used in the early 1920's when it was used until around 1940. IN 1876 BARON ICHIZARMON MORIMURA IV FORMED A TRADING CO. CALLED MORIMURA KUM (MORIMURA BROTHERS) IN TOKYO & NEW YORK, CIRCA 1914-1940 BEAUTIFUL PIECES