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NAGOYA SEITO

NAGOYA SEITOSHO LTD. est. 1911

MEITO LTD.

MEITO CHINA

TE - OH

N & Co.

MEITO FINE CHINA

ROYAL MEITO

SEITO STUDIO

MEITO NORLEANS CHINA


1919 TRADE MARK
1919 Advertisement
Nagoya Seitosho
Manufacturers of
Dinner Ware and Fancy China
Agents and Exporters of all Japanese Products and Manufacturers.
Office - Higashi Yoshinocho, Nagoya, Japan
Factory - Gengetsu Chikusacho near Nagoya
Branch - The Fifth Avenue Building, Madison S&R, N.Y.
 
 
Nagoya Seitosho Ltd. was established in September 1911 from the former dissolved company Nagoya Seito.

By 1935, Nagoya Seitosho Ltd. was a major manufacturer and exporter of Nagoya porcelain ware, dinner ware, fine china ware, fancy china ware, sanitary ware, and tiles - under the name MEITO CHINA.
 
1920 Advertisement
THE NAGOYA SEITOSHO, LT'D.,
MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS OF Dinner Ware and Fancy China
MAIN OFFICE: 7 & 8 Higashi-Yoshino-cho, Nagoya.
NEW YORK BRANCH: 200 Fifth Ave. Building Madison Square.
KOBE BRANCH: 65 Isobe-dori 4 chome, Kobe.
FACTORY: Chikusa-cho, Nagoya.
 
There are six Nippon backstamps shown below of which only two recorded and numbered by Joan Van Patten, mark #10 and #222.

Careful attention must be considered when reviewing the unrecorded Nippon marks found on porcelain because based on their advertisement, the trademark "HAND PAINTED NAGOYA NIPPON" with crown in center was still being used in 1922. Generally speaking, porcelain wares created and exported during the ending of the Nippon period are considered Transitional Nippon Porcelain ware but it is not known when the word Nippon was no longer used in the backstamps for Nagoya Seitosho - Meito China.
 
Nagoya Seitosho used various tradenames in their backstamps: N & Co., F. B. & Co., Meito China, Seito Studio, NSD China, Meito Fine China, and Meito Norleans China.
 
I am noting here that although this company was in business during the "Occupied Japan" period, I did not find any backstamps with the words "Occupied Japan".
 
 

1922 TRADE MARK
1922 Advertisement
THE NAGOYA SEITOSHO, LTD.
7 and 8 Higashi Yoshino-cho, Nagoya, Japan
Manufacturers of full line of Dinnerware and Fancy China
Cable Address: Seitosho Nagoya
 
 
NIPPON BACKSTAMPS
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
NIPPON MARK #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
RED & GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NAGOYA
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
MEITO CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
NIPPON MARK #222
CROWN
N & Co.
NAGOYA
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
NIPPON MARK #7
TE - OH
CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING: 1891-1921
NIPPON MARK #7
TE - OH
CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING: 1891-1921
 
JAPAN BACKSTAMPS
MEITO CHINA HAND PAINTED JAPAN 
 
       
MEITO CHINA JAPAN 
 
       
F. B. & CO MEITO CHINA JAPAN
 
       
       
 
 
MADE IN JAPAN BACKSTAMPS
SEITO STUDIO HAND PAINTED MADE IN JAPAN
   
       
名古屋製陶會社 (NAGOYA SEI TOKI KAISHA) MEITO CHINA
NAGOYA PORCELAIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
       
MEITO CHINA HAND PAINTED MADE IN JAPAN
 
       
       
MEITO CHINA MADE IN JAPAN HAND PAINTED 
   
       
MEITO CHINA NSD CHINA MADE IN JAPAN HAND PAINTED 
 
       
MEITO CHINA MADE IN JAPAN
 
       
IVORY CHINA MEITO CHINA MADE IN JAPAN 
       
MEITO FINE CHINA JACKSON INTERNATIONALE JAPAN GALAXIE
       
MEITO NORLEANS CHINA 
 
 
FOREIGN BACKSTAMPS
 
Meito Porzellan Handmalerei
 
 
 
 
References

Japan Year Book - Nagoya Seitosho (The Nagoya Ceramic Works, Ltd) The superscibed company was organized in September 1911.

Official Guide for Shippers & Travelers, Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co, 1919 - Nagoya Seitosho.

International Trade Developer, 1922 - Nagoya Seitosho Ltd, Nagoya (see ad).

Japan year book, 1931 - The leading establishments are the Nippon Toki, Nagoya Seito, Matsuura Koshitsu Toki (Hard Porcelain), etc.

Glimpses of the East, 1932 - THE NAGOYA SEITOSHO, LIMITED 7 & 8 Higashi Yoshino-cho, Higashi-ku, NAGOYA, JAPAN Manufacturers and Exporters of DINNER WARE, FANCY CHINA, SANITARY WARE.

Chemical Markets: Volume 32, 1933 - The leading companies are the Nippon Toki, Nagoya Seito, and Matsumura Koshitsu Toki (for porcelain production in the Nagoya district).

Industrial expansion of Japan and Manchoukuo, Chugai shogyo shimpo, 1935 - THE NAGOYA SEITOSHO, LTD. MANUFACTURERS and EXPORTERS of MEITO-CHINA DINNERWARE, SANITARYWARE AND TILES, Main Office: HIGASHI YOSHINO-CHO, NAGOYA. JAPAN. Branch Office : 200 FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK. NY.

Glimpses of East Asia: Volume 21, T. Kawata, Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha - 1938 - Other places worthy of special inspection are Nagoya Seito Co., which specializes in porcelain.

The Japan year book, Takenobu Yoshitaro, 1938 - In 1904, the Nippon Toki Kaishu, Ltd., was organized, to be quickly followed by the Toyo Toki Kaisha, Ltd., and the Nagoya Seito-sho. Each of these companies established large mills with up-to-date equipment and began to produce chinaware on a big scale.

The Oriental Economist, Volume 11, 1944 - Upon the dissolution of the Nagoya Seito, a new company, the Nagoya Seitosho, was established for the purpose of preserving the technical attainments of the former concern.

Japan Directory, 1986 - Meito, Inc. 16-13, Aoi 1-chome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, 1B461, Cable Address: Seitosho Nagoya, Est.: 1944.

Meito other tradenames: Royal Meito, Meito China, Meito Fine China.
 
 

 

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