Complete Service for 12, includes dinner, salad plates, small plates, fruit bowls, serving dish, 2 covered dishes, sugar bowl, creamer, covered butter dish, cups, saucers, soup bowls, 2 platters, relish dish
My great aunt received it as a wedding gift in 1920’s. She was a quiet woman, no children and I am not sure if it was ever used
Good morning, Marjorie,
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Noritake - vintage or antique (more than 100 years old) - sets are averaging about $1-2/piece at auction these days. The Morimura "M" mark dates to the 1920s and 1930s, which is consistent with the provenance as you've described it. I'm not sure of the precise pattern name but it likely has "rose" in the title. If this service includes tea or coffee pots or other pieces not mentioned, the value could change slightly.
Based on the photographs and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A 93-piece vintage Noritake hand-painted and parcel gilt part dinner service for 12
Bears Morimura "M" mark, unidentified rose pattern, circa 1920s, comprising:
12 dinner plates
12 salad plates
12 bread and butter plates
12 fruit bowls
12 soup bowls
12 cups with 12 saucers
2 covered vegetable dishes
2 platters
1 serving dish
1 sugar bowl
1 cream pitcher
1 covered butter dish
1 relish dish
PROVENANCE: client's great-aunt received the set in the 1920s as a wedding present
$ 100-200*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price (such as seen on Replacements, Etsy, eBay or Rubylane) may vary.
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