Antique/Vintage Japanese Geisha Lithopane

[susiecat]

Lot of antique or vintage Japanese geisha dinnerware.I'm not sure how old dishes are.Anybody know about this set please let me know.

[SophieMarie]

The cups look like Japanese geisha lithopane, BUT the rest of the set (from what I see in photos) looks like something different.  Are you sure they go together?

[Pelady]

I am not sure I understand the photos.  Is there a geisha mark on he bottom of the plates? Is the geisha something you only see when held up to the light?

[SophieMarie]

I am not sure I understand the photos.  Is there a geisha mark on he bottom of the plates? Is the geisha something you only see when held up to the light?

The geisha is on the bottom of the cups in the photo.

[susiecat]

Yes they all go together,the plates don't have a lithopane but the creamer does,there's no mark at all.

[SophieMarie]

Ok, it appears the Geisha lithophane cups were first created in the late 1800’s and production continued until the 1950’s.  I've seen tea sets before but not plates.  The link below gives more information about geisha lithopane cups and states that a 1950's tea set for four runs about $125 on Etsy.

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

[mart]

https://www.artifactcollectors.com/lithophane-geisha-tea-set-78729.html

You beat me SophieMarie !!  Fairly common,, the cups are usually the only ones with the lithophane !! 

[KC]

Ditto what the others said about the Geisha showing up in cup bottoms.

[SophieMarie]

Ditto what the others said about the Geisha showing up in cup bottoms.

KC, Is that like "what they said"?

[susiecat]

Thanks Mart,all the cups has lithopane

[mart]

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

[SophieMarie]

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

[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 !!

[KC]

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.

[SophieMarie]

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!