This Geisha Girl Porcelain Plate features many architectural design structures that are related to the Japanese culture. The Geisha girl pattern was hand painted and was made early on and continued to be made to some degree through about 1920. The Geisha girl pattern decorations were a combination of stenciled lines filled in with bright and varied colored washes. The stenciled lines were most frequently red orange but black, tan and shades of green are also found. Borders were often accented with flowers and/or gold lacing, some being quite intricate. World War II put an end to the Geisha girl pattern wares in Japan. There was some production during the occupation period, but pieces were less ornate than pre-WWII items with little or no use of gold. During the 1960-1980s, Geisha girl themes continued to be made but production had shifted to Hong Kong rather than Japan. These modern pieces had very sparse designs and the use of gold was almost non-existent. This Japanese Geisha girl porcelain plate with a scalloped rim was made in the Meiji Period, which was from 1868 to 1912. It is a hand painted images of four Geisha girls and elaborate landscape scene on the plate. It has gold trim on the scalloped edge, with gold design around the edge below the gold scalloped edge. My great grandmother owned it and it had a tag on it which had 1898 written on it. It has on hallmark on it, which means that it was made and came into this country before 1891. In 1891 U.S. government pass legislation-requiring hallmarks on all import products for resale in this country. My great grandmother was not Japanese’s, so my best guess is; it was made in or around 1874. This puts it into the Meiji Period from 1868 to 1912. It is in mint condition with no cracks, chips, necks, fleabites, repairs, or stains. In addition, looks like it has never been used.
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