Noritake China - Pattern # 6311 PASADENA - 8-1/4" Small Dinner Plate

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Noritake China - Pattern # 6311 PASADENA - 8-1/4" Small Dinner PlateLike NEW Condition - Discontinued Pattern in 1978 Pasadena by Noritake China Pattern #: 6311 Description: Concerto; Pink, Gray Roses, Gray Stems, Platinum Trim Status: Discontinued: Manufactured from 1962 - 1978 Noritake has been in business since 1904 and is still making high quality china today for all occasions. Noritake China was founded as The Noritake Company in 1904 by the Morimura family, which also produced white porcelain under the company Morimura Gumi, a pioneer in Japan's foreign trade industry. Prior to 1963, the company was known as Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. but was then given the English name Noritake Company, Ltd. Noritake takes its name from the village of Noritake in Nagoya City, Japan, where the principal company office was located. Early Noritake china dinnerware featured the "Hand Painted Nippon" design around the familiar wreath-circled "M" (which stands for Morimura) on the backstamp of most pieces. "Noritake" appears on backstamps of other pieces, with either "Japan" or "Made in Japan" present on most of these. The United States has always been the largest customer of Noritake China, and the U.S. helped Noritake stay in business following World War II. Noritake China was called Rose China from 1945 to 1948, because of concern that a shortage read more