Nippon Porcelain Humidor Card Game Enamel

This is an absolutely wonderful and exciting Nippon find!  It is a humidor with highly raised enamel of a deck of playing cards, a pipe, and poker chips.  On the lid you have cigarettes and stick matches in highly raised enamel - even the little blue tips of the stick matches are highly raised.  Inside the lid it has the original sponge to keep the tobacco moist.  I think it is a great piece.  The condition is very good! It is marked on the bottom Hand Painted Nippon with the M inside the Wreath in green.  There is a similar example of this piece in the book Collector’s Encyclopedia of Nippon Porcelain – Identification and Values by Joan F Van Patten on page 87.  They are part of the Playing Card Decor – which is generally found on humidors, smoke sets, mugs and plaques.  These pieces carry the green # 47 mark which is on page 145 and reads as follows: M-in-wreath, Hand Painted Nippon (M stands for importer, Morimura Bros.); found in green blue, magenta, and gold colors.  Mark used since 1911.  If you are a collector of humidors, tobacco or smoking memorabilia not to mention Nippon I would say that this is a must have for your collection! It measures 5 ½” at highest x approx 5 ½” in overall diameter. Striving For ExcellenceIt isn’t brilliance or just getting the breaks,It is consistent attention to & honest respect for the Customer.

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