9 Vintage 1967 Hand Painted Imari Gold Plates Large Charger Japan & Antique Bowl

Description

These plates and antique bowl have only been in one
family
.
It was almost impossible to find anyplace that sold plates like this in the 1960’
s.
There
was a h
uge
departure store in downtown Toledo
called Tiedtke
’s
.
T
h
e building
was
6
story’s
tall
that they
rented the u
pper
floors
t
o
s
m
a
l
l
businesses
that
s
o
l
d
mainly
special
t
y
i
t
e
m
s
.
Upstairs was
o
n
e
o
f
t
h
e
f
i
r
s
t
i
m
p
o
r
t
s
t
o
r
e
s
I’ve
e
v
e
r
s
e
e
n
w
i
t
h
r
e
a
l
l
y
n
e
a
t
a
n
d
unique
i
t
e
m
s
t
h
a
t
were all from Japan. China was still
a fairly
closed market .
One
o
f
m
y
relatives
w
h
o
collected Asian antiques bought these plates at different times in 1967.I
believe the first Imari gold plates came out in 1966.
L
o
o
k
closely
a
t
h
o
w
c
r
i
s
p
a
n
d
c
l
e
a
n
t
h
e
h
a
n
d
painted
artwork
i
s
o
n these
compared
t
o
t
h
e
newer
plates
.
T
h
e
r
e
’
s
1
l
a
r
g
e
1
1
1
/
8
”
c
h
a
r
g
e
r
w
i
t
h
4
f
a
i
r
l
y
l
a
r
g
e
9
3
/
8
”
p
l
a
t
e
s
a
n
d
4
s
m
a
l
l
e
r
7
3
/
8
”
p
l
a
t
e
s
.
A
l
l
h
a
v
e
t
h
e
I
m
a
r
i
g
old
hand painted
mark.I’ve had these
a
long time that I’ve kept boxed up that
are in near mint condition
W
i
t
h
these
i
s
a
antique
b
o
w
l
that’s well over 100 years old.I
t
’
s
i
n
excellent
condition
that’s
6
”
w
i
d
e
b
y
2
3
/
8
”
t
a
l
l
.
It’s
unmarked a
n
d
I
don’t
k
n
o
w
if it’s
Japanese
or Chinese
.I’m charging a flat price of .95 to carefully pack and ship everything anywhere in the continental United States.I
’ll refund the difference if the shipping is less.Absolutely
No international shipping.
.