{"product_id":"antique-nippon-hand-painted-rose-plate-studio-hand-painted-japan-circa-1900-1921","title":"Antique Nippon Hand Painted Rose Plate, Studio Hand Painted, Japan circa 1900-1921","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Nippon\" marks the porcelain export era between 1891 and 1921, when the United States' McKinley Tariff Act required imported goods to carry their country of origin — \"Nippon\" being the Japanese word for Japan itself, used on export wares until a 1921 rule change required \"Japan\" instead. Pieces genuinely marked \"Nippon\" are, by definition, bound to that narrow thirty-year window, making the mark itself a built-in dating tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate's backstamp reads \"Studio Hand Painted Nippon\" — a phrasing distinct from the more common factory-mark Nippon pieces. During this era, undecorated porcelain blanks were frequently exported separately from Japan and hand-painted afterward by independent decorating studios, a popular practice on both sides of the Pacific. That studio attribution suggests individual artisan decoration rather than assembly-line factory painting, consistent with the soft, hand-blended shading visible in the rose spray itself — each petal built up in graduated pink and coral tones rather than a flat, uniform application.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design centers a spray of full-blown roses in pink and coral with soft green foliage, framed by a pale blue band and fine hand-painted line work in burgundy. A gently faded, romantic piece typical of the hand-decorated porcelain popular in American parlors during the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you\". Matthew 6:33\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Taste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47793267015843,"sku":"PI- 0056","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/1863\/2355\/files\/NipponRosewithblueCirclePlate1.webp?v=1781890873","url":"https:\/\/champagnetasteco.com\/products\/antique-nippon-hand-painted-rose-plate-studio-hand-painted-japan-circa-1900-1921","provider":"Champagne Taste","version":"1.0","type":"link"}