Kayla,

If they're transfer printed and Asian and date to the early 20th century,
then they're almost certainly Japanese. Japan adopted transfer printing in
the late 1880s, but as far as I know China did not use this technology
until the second half of the 20th century. There is little solid
information for refining dates of Japanese transfer wares in the early 20th
century, but I have suggested possible decorative trends that may help. See
my article for more details:

Ross, Douglas E. 2012. Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Japanese
Domestic Wares from British Columbia. In Ceramics in America, edited by
Robert Hunter, pp. 2–29. Chipstone Foundation.

Doug

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Kayla Marciniszyn <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hello everyone! Does anyone have any idea on production dates for Asian
> porcelain with transferprint decorations? It's in an early 20th century
> context but I would like to tighten up the dates a bit for the porcelains.
> I did have one that said "Made in Japan" on the base which I was able to
> date to after WWII, but other than that I haven't been able to find too
> much information on modern porcelains. Thank you in advance!
>
> Kayla Marciniszyn
>



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Douglas E. Ross
Instructor, Dept. of Archaeology, SFU
http://sfu.academia.edu/DouglasRoss