Name/Title
Footed nipponware bowl of the Martin family, pre-1921Entry/Object ID
2017.1.3Description
Acc. No. 17.1.3
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: Pre-1921
Object: Bowl
Description: A footed porcelain bowl, the bottom is partially a transfer print and partially hand painted. The rim of the bowl is divided into five sections and its bottom is with a green ink mark, "M" and "Nipponware, hand painted".
Size: D-7” x H-2 1/2”
History of Object: A bowl from the Charles W. Martin home, 1419 Mound Street, Alameda.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Date: 01/01/2017Interpretative Labels
Label
1/29/2021 MvL: current sign:
EARLY JAPANESE
HAND-PAINTED
PORCELAIN
This Japanese porcelain is marked "Nippon", meaning "Japan". In 1921 the US government required that all Japanese exports to here state "Japan" as the country of origin.
