Antique/Vintage Japanese Geisha Lithopane

[SophieMarie]

Ha guess my ditto didn't explain it?  LOL  Geisha's only show up in bottoms of cups.
Only on see-thru sections can the Geisha show thru - the plates had paint/transfers on them so they wouldn't be translucent.

KC, I understood you...that Mart was just trying to confuse me!

[mart]

https://www.artifactcollectors.com/collectible-porcelain-geisha-lithophane-cups-614.html

The transfer on the plate bottom would prevent the ability to see the geisha !!  The glassware has to be thin !!  Above link will sort of explain it !!

That's what I thought you meant...it was your broken English that confused me - ha!

   No !!  It was just my Texas English !!  KC and I understand each other well,,we are both Texan !!  Now to see if I can find a Texas english book for SophieMarie !!

[KC]

LOLOLOL Thanks for the laugh this morning Mart!  Even tho you can find a book in print for Texas/English it doesn't translate well! 

[cogar]

Since the transferware covers the plate and saucer bottoms they can`t put the litho !!  Has to be on a tranlucent solid color !!

Mart,
Please translate....

SophieMarie,

Mart didn’t actually mean that ….. they couldn’t …. put the “litho” in the bottoms of the plates and saucers, ….. what she actually meant was, …….. there is absolutely no reason in the world one would want to put a “litho” anywhere except in the bottoms of the tea cups.   

I could be wrong about that, though, …… iffen per chance there is/was a big demand from “tea drinkers” who preferred drinking their tea from the saucers and plates rather than from the tea cups. 

Thus when they “tilted” the saucer or plate up so the tea would run off into their mouth ….. they could see that pretty “litho”.

[SophieMarie]

Since the transferware covers the plate and saucer bottoms they can`t put the litho !!  Has to be on a tranlucent solid color !!

Mart,
Please translate....

SophieMarie,

Mart didn’t actually mean that ….. they couldn’t …. put the “litho” in the bottoms of the plates and saucers, ….. what she actually meant was, …….. there is absolutely no reason in the world one would want to put a “litho” anywhere except in the bottoms of the tea cups.   

I could be wrong about that, though, …… iffen per chance there is/was a big demand from “tea drinkers” who preferred drinking their tea from the saucers and plates rather than from the tea cups. 

Thus when they “tilted” the saucer or plate up so the tea would run off into their mouth ….. they could see that pretty “litho”.

Thanks Cogar, you are better than a Google Texan to English translator!!!

[mart]

The problem with putting the lithograph on the plates or saucers is the transfer which would cover it !!  The lithograph is impressed on the bottom of the cups !! When you look through from the top you are seeing it reversed !!  Now with a solid color and the light shining through the cup it is easily seen !!  But if it were impressed on the bottom then a transfer added to the top of the plate no light would shine through so you could not see the lithograph !!  Since it is not common to put a transfer on the cup bottom it was a perfect place for the geisha lithograph !!  This is getting confusing,, what were we discussing ??
LOL !!  Don`t say it Sophie Marie !!   

[SophieMarie]

The problem with putting the lithograph on the plates or saucers is the transfer which would cover it !!  The lithograph is impressed on the bottom of the cups !! When you look through from the top you are seeing it reversed !!  Now with a solid color and the light shining through the cup it is easily seen !!  But if it were impressed on the bottom then a transfer added to the top of the plate no light would shine through so you could not see the lithograph !!  Since it is not common to put a transfer on the cup bottom it was a perfect place for the geisha lithograph !!  This is getting confusing,, what were we discussing ??
LOL !!  Don`t say it Sophie Marie !!   

I think we were discussing "bottoms", your favorite topic!  Just joking Mart, I do get it....read the article thoroughly too.

[susiecat]

Correction marked,"made in Japan"

[KC]

Thanks for translating for us Cogar!

[mart]

The problem with putting the lithograph on the plates or saucers is the transfer which would cover it !!  The lithograph is impressed on the bottom of the cups !! When you look through from the top you are seeing it reversed !!  Now with a solid color and the light shining through the cup it is easily seen !!  But if it were impressed on the bottom then a transfer added to the top of the plate no light would shine through so you could not see the lithograph !!  Since it is not common to put a transfer on the cup bottom it was a perfect place for the geisha lithograph !!  This is getting confusing,, what were we discussing ??
LOL !!  Don`t say it Sophie Marie !!   

I think we were discussing "bottoms", your favorite topic!  Just joking Mart, I do get it....read the article thoroughly too.

LOL !!