Morimura/Noritake - Table service (6) - Fruit Plates - Porcelain - RC Japan

RC Japan (Royal Crockery) set of six (6) fruit plates in fine snow‑white porcelain, each 21 cm in diameter, showcasing vivid, juicy colours and a refined hand‑finished presentation.

The wide gilt border is applied by hand using a dry‑brush technique, producing the sought‑after feathered edge that shimmers softly instead of reading as a flat band; the central fruit motifs are decals that have been carefully hand over‑painted to sharpen veining, enrich shadows and highlights, and lend a subtle painterly relief.

The porcelain body is bright and luminous with a clean, glossy glaze that sets off the saturated palettes of strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, apple, cherries and plums; tones remain fresh and intense with excellent visual depth across the set.

Condition is excellent: no chips, cracks or repairs; gilding is crisp and even with only the lightest signs of careful use under raking light; surfaces retain a high reflective gloss.

Attribution & backstamp: each plate bears the laurel‑wreath RC JAPAN mark, where RC is widely documented in Noritake/Morimura literature as Royal Crockery (sometimes rendered “Royal China”), a designation used on export wares; the presence of “Japan” (rather than “Nippon”) indicates production for Western markets after the 1921 tariff‑label change and before the post‑war “Occupied Japan” period, placing these plates most plausibly in the interwar era (c. 1921–1945). This aligns with the material quality, the naturalistic fruit palettes, and the hand‑applied feathered gold typical of higher‑grade Japanese export porcelain of the time.

Professionally packed for shipment, trackable delivery.