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Dainty Art Deco-era Noritake: a hand-painted dish with a powder-blue lattice band, deep cobalt foliate cartouches framing hand-painted pink roses, and fine gilt swags PECS: Noritake, hand painted, made in Japan. Porcelain, approx 5 in diameter Backstamp: green M-in-wreath, Noritake Handpainted Made in Japan. HISTORY: The green M-in-wreath Handpainted Made in Japan mark places this c.1921 to 1941, the prolific Art Deco export window after Japan's 1921 switch from Nippon to Japan and before WWII halted exports to the US. The M stands for Morimura, the founding family behind Noritake. Hand-painted color laid over a fine transfer outline was the house specialty of the era