Meito China Dish is Beautiful and Mysterious
Q: My grandmother has a dish that was her grandmother’s, and we are trying to find the pattern so we can purchase more, but we are not having any luck. Can you help?
Meito China bowl
A: Meito China was first made around 1908 by the Nagoya Seito Sho company in Japan. The company is now operating as Narumi Seito Narumi. Like other products made in Japan, Meito China was marked “Nippon” until 1921 and “Made in Occupied Japan” from 1945 to 1952.
Meito China was made in hundreds of patterns. Some are marked with the pattern name or number; others, like yours, are not. Yours appears to be a very rare pattern; we can’t even find a name for it! There are pattern-matching services like Replacements LTD (replacements.com) and Missing Pieces (missingpieces.com) that can help you find more dishes in a certain pattern. Some are listed in the Kovels.com Business Directory. You could also look on resale websites like eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, and Ruby Lane. A collector’s club for dinnerware or Japanese ceramics, like the Nippon Collector’s Club (nipponcollectorsclub.com), may also be able to help.
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Wish edits were allowed. “Not” sure if identical.
I should also add: The checkered pattern is the same, but I am not sure on the colors, other than pink flowers and the golden brown bowl part.
I’ve seen that pattern, my grandmother had a bowl. I also have a couple of miniatures that have a similar pattern, no sure if identical, I’d have to dig them out of their box. They don’t have green in the bowl, they have a golden brown. Nice to find something similar, helps me in my search.