Vintage Made in Japan Tashiro Shoten Elephant Mark Square Plate Hand-painted

Vintage Made in Japan Tashiro Shoten, Elephant Mark, Square Plate Hand-painted. Lug Handles, two tiny holes each end. Very small, dainty floral pattern hand-painted throughout. Vintage Tashiro Shoten square plate, with an Elephant Backstamp, dates to Japan, 1950s 5 ¼" wide. Hand Painted in Japan. Elephant mark. Tashiro Shoten Ltd. (The company seems to have shut down in 1954). Tashiro Shoten Ltd porcelain shop in Yokohama which was active before WWII up until 1954. The use of the word "Shoten" indicates the name for a shop which is selling products from its own kiln. I have no firm data on specific years. Carol Bess White, Made in Japan books has it that Goldcastle, CHIKUSA belongs to Tashiro Shoten Ltd in Nagoya, Japan. Other names used by Tashiro Shoten are "Trico", "Trico China", "Royal Trico", and two logo marks: Elephant above MADE IN JAPAN and TA within a cherry blossom flower. For the Japanese market it appears as if a Japanese mark was used since pieces with the elephant mark is hardly or not at all found in Japan today. Variation and color is due to lighting and flash. Bundle up 2 items for maximum savings 💵 Save 15% Automatically.