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KINRAN
金襴
CORALENE GLASS BEADS DECORATION |
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U.S. Patent Number 912171
Patent Date Feb
9, 1909
Patent Holder/Inventor - Alban L. Rock,
assigner
to A.A. Vantine (バンタイン) &
Co.
879 Broadway, New York City, N.Y.
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The U.S. Patent Number 912171 is available
from the U.S. Patent Office (Click
here to see pdf file-3 pages).
The patented design was for the invention of
a "new and improved pottery ornamentation,
the ornamentation being arranged to produce
a permanent glass bead effect on porcelain
vases and other pottery articles, in such a
manner that the colorless transparent glass
beads are fused in position on the body of
the pottery article by a fusing pigment
which produces color effect in any
predetermined design" filed by ALBAN
L. ROCK , citizen
of the USA residing in Yokohama Japan,
Assigner to A.
A. VANTINE (バンタイン) &
CO. of
New York, N.Y., a corporation of New Jersey.
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Regarding the name KINRAN - KINRAN is the
name of gold silk brocade known for its
brilliance and lustrous appeal and this
enamel resembles KINRAN brocade also known
by many Nippon collectors as CORALENE.
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Japan Patent Number 16137
Patent
Date April 24, 1910
Japan Patent Applied
for Number 38257
Patent Holder: A.A.
Vantine & Co.
879 Broadway, New York
City, N.Y.
Branch Store in Japan located
at 268 Yamashita-cho, Yokohama City |
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Japan Patent Number 16137 was
obtained from the Japan Patent Office (Click
to see pdf files pdf1-3
and needs to be translated. Partial
translation shows inventor name which needs
to be translated. |
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The question still remains that
someone(s) manufactured Kinran coralene
wares in Japan.
I am noting here particular
information regarding a company named
YAMANAKA and its partnership of artists who
were the manufacturers of Kinran wares but I
am unable to confirm at this time whether
their "Kinran wares" is the same Kinran
coralene wares of U.S. Patent 912171 and
Japan Patent 16137.
In "General View of Commerce &
Industry in the Empire of Japan" published
by The Bureau of Commerce and Industry,
Department of Agriculture and Commerce,
Japan, Tokyo, 1893, page 244, there is noted
for a business named YAMANAKA located in
Aichi-ken that their manufacturing articles
were KINRAN wares.
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Principal Business Name -
YAMANAKA
Located in Aichi-ken |
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Principal Person(s) or
Owner(s) |
Business Place |
Dealing Articles |
Mfg. Articles |
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Takifuji* Manjiro |
Chay-cho, Nagoya |
Porcelain and Earthen wares |
KINRAN wares |
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Kito Yahei |
Nakaichiba-cho, Nagoya |
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Saji Shiunzo |
Nakaichiba-cho, Nagoya |
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Matsukawa Yoshichi |
Nabeya-cho, Nagoya |
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Kawachi Tokubei |
Aioi-cho, Nagoya |
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Kato Senemon |
Akatsuka-cho, Nagoya |
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Kato Kaneshichi |
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Inabe Yosuke |
Nabeya-cho, Nagoya |
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*Note:
In General View, the name shown is Takido.
The kanji characters are the same for the
names Takido (Takito) and Takifuji. This is a mis-print or
mis-translation and the correct name should
be TAKIFUJI Manjiro and I have corrected the
name in the above list from Takido to
Takifuji.
Takifuji Manjiro is also listed as a
principal partner under the business name
Dai Nippon Ceramic Company. One of his
partners was Makuzu Kozan.
Takifuji Manjiro was a noted
artist and businessman. In February
1888, he started a company called the
Takifuji Glazing Station located in Minami
Sotobori-cho for glazing and firing
ceramics. He exported his wares for
the foreign trade and his business grew
rapidly due to the foreign demand and
local potters who wanted to contract his
services. Takifuji also made and sold
his own wares that were marked with his
signature, Takifuji zo. His company
became a major manufacturer and exporter
during the Meiji era. (Reference - Kyoto
University Economic Review - Yasuo Mishima and
General View of Commerce & Industry in the
Empire of Japan).. |
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CORALENE
DECORATION |
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Below various
high resolution pictures showing detail of
glass beads in Coralene decoration that with
the naked eye appears like colored glass
sand or sugar granuales - they are GLASS
BEADS. |
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BACKSTAMPS
FOR KINRAN |
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Not listed by
Patten
(#242-1)
KINRAN, same maker as
Nippon Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號 |
Nippon Backstamp #242
KINRAN, same maker as
Nippon Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN |
Nippon Backstamp #242
KINRAN, same maker as
Nippon Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN
Note: missing "N" in NBR.912171 |
Nippon Backstamp #243
KINRAN, same maker as
Nippon Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七號
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Nippon Backstamp #244
KINRAN, same maker as Nippon
Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
KINRAN
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN
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Nippon
Backstamp #245
KINRAN, same maker as Nippon Backstamp #242,
243, 244, 245, 246
PATENT APPLIED FOR
NO 38257
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七 號
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Nippon Backstamp #246
KINRAN, same maker as Nippon
Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
KINRAN
PATENT
NO. 16137
JAPAN
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Nippon Backstamp #246
KINRAN, same maker as Nippon
Backstamp #242, 243, 244, 245, 246
KINRAN
PATENT
NO. 16137
JAPAN
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