Nippon (Japan) Small Bowl with Gilded Handle and Handpainted Pink Flowers
A small round shallow bowl with gilded rim and handle and pink handpainted flowers around the rim, also accented in black and light yellow blocks of color. The bowl measures 5 1/2" across and 1" tall. The bottom is signed "Hand Painted Nippon" with the rising sun logo in blue, likely a Noritake piece, and the condition is very good, with no flaws. What is Nippon China? The McKinley Tariff Act was passed by the United States Congress and enacted in 1890. This law required that all manufactured goods imported to the United States be marked with the country of origin. As "Nippon" was the English word for Japan, goods made there for import into the United States was marked "Nippon" to comply with the law. This stood in effect until 1921 when it was ruled that the country of origin needed to be in English and thus from 1921 on, any Japanese porcelain exported to the United States was marked "Japan" instead of "Nippon."