Living in the Past: Vintage Noritake porcelain trinket dish

Friday, September 1, 2023

Vintage Noritake porcelain trinket dish

My husband’s aunt Jean Murphy has given us several items which we consider to be family treasures. The vintage Noritake porcelain trinket dish shown below is one of them.

The dish is hand-painted and features a lake scene with a house (or cabin) and swan swimming in a lake. Trees and mountains are visible in the background and there is grass painted in the bottom left corner. The prominent color on the dish is orange so it may be a sunrise or sunset scene, however, there is no sign of a sun on the dish. The dish has a handle in the center that stands straight up and is painted black on the outside with orange fading to white on the inside. The sides curve up and, like the handle, are orange fading to white with a black rim around the top. The bottom is white and has a Noritake stamp in the center. The dish shows some age but otherwise is in very good condition. There are no chips or cracks and none of the paint is flaking off.

The dish is 6.5 inches wide, 1 inch deep, and 2 inches from the bottom to the top of the handle. I have been unable to find this dish online, but it appears it to have a value in the $12 to $15 price range. I am also unable to determine the year it was produced but know Jean owned it in the late 1940s or early 1950s. In the photo below (part of the slide collection of photos taken by her husband Ralph that she gave my husband), you can see the dish on the bottom shelf, front and center.