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Article: Antique dish stores a small value Antique or Junque?
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- June 8, 2009
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Q: I found the pictured small porcelain antique dish in a house I bought several years ago. It measures 6 inches long by 4 inches wide and is in perfect condition. The back contains a blue Rising Sun mark with the words "Hand Painted - Nippon." What can you tell me about it?
A: "Nippon" is the Japanese word for Japan. Marked "Nippon," these collectable objects were made between 1891 and around 1921. The Noritake Porcelain Co. used the Rising Sun mark.
Your early 20th-century dish would probably be worth $50 to $60.
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