I have looked around for the makers mark, to no avail. I have found several similar pieces with slight differances. There is no Giesha sillouete in the cups. Local auction house guesses at pre-war (1920's) but thats about it, they are not familliar with the makers mark.
Any information about these pieces would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Need help identifying Japanese Dragonware plates/cups
These are Japanese Moriage called dragonware, if the color is a luster blue/purple than it dates these to around the 1950's because they didn't make that color earlier. Also the color of the dragon dates to around the 1950's. The mark I am not fimilar with. Sorry. Hope this helps.
Re: Need help identifying Japanese Dragonware plates/cups
I would also put them prewar, the japanese script markings instead of English kind of clinches this. The Company name really isn`t that important, this stuff was mass produced and values for it are quite modest.