Vintage Fukagawa Porcelain Cherry Blossoms Lidded Trinket Keepsake Box 3.5"

Description

Vintage hand painted porcelain trinket box. Rounded square form with pink water lilies / lotus flowers accented with gold stamens and green leaves on a backdrop of blue water. Mark used circa 1900-1920.

"Fukagawa is a family, a brand name, a place and nowadays a porcelain factory in the Arita region. Its history goes back to the seventeenth century. Its history starts with Ezaiemon Fukagawa who in 1856 became head of his family's porcelain business. In Meiji 8th (1875) Ezaiemon (1833-1889), Fukaumi Suminosuke & his brother Takeji, Tsuji Katsuzo and Tezuka Kamenosuke founded a company named Scented Orchid Company or 'Koransha' and started to produce porcelain for export to Europe and America. In 1879, Fukaumi and other members left the company and Koransha was reestablished by Eizaemon alone. After his death in 1889, his oldest son, Yotaro succeeded the company while his second son, Fukagawa Chuji (1871-1934) started the Fukagawa Porcelain Company, aka Fukagawa Seiji. The company exported a porcelain ware to Europe and America that was highly prized through the world fairs. The mark was that of the name of the company under Mt. Fuji and a Stream or only the Mt. Fuji." (Source: Gotheborg)

Condition

Good Overall - Some scrapes/scuffs to decoration

Dimensions

3.5" x 3.5" x 2.25" (Width x Depth x Height)