Noritake Porcelain marks number in the hundreds. Most feature the name "Noritake" in Phoenician lettering, some rendition of a wreath, and the letter "M", which stands for Morimura.
Noritake is essentially a form of Nippon china, when one considers that any porcelain from Japan (Nippon) could be called "Nippon". Noritake marks were the first Japanese markings to draw their history from a common ownership.
The Morimura family built their own porcelain factory in the village of Noritake in 1904. Only after that time was the Noritake mark in evidence. The purpose of this operation, near Nagoya, center of Japanese porcelain production, was to produce merchandise for export to the USA. By 1914, Noritake china marks displayed the words "Hand Painted" on the Sedan pattern, which was the first major export to America.
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Until the 1920's, some Noritake porcelain backstamps still used the word "Nippon".
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