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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 290844, member: 308"]Hi Bakersgma! Before confirming the name with Replacements site, my source was Aimee Neff Alden's book "Early Noritake Identification and Values." On page 85 she identifies the pattern name as Ybry and identifies the mark as MM-22 in her index. She goes on to say that MM-22 was registered in Japan between 1921-1924. She goes on to note there are 16 variants of this stamp appearing in various colors, and usually with the pattern." To be honest I didn't even look at her MM-22 until your question. </p><p><br /></p><p>The stamp she shows as MM-22 is different from the example above. In my experience it's not unusual for the same Noritake pattern to have several different marks mostly depending on how long the pattern was in production. I collected BlueDawn and that pattern has three different marks. It has two different pre-WWII production stamps and an occupied Japan mark. If I had to make a guess I'd say Ybry started production between 1921-1924 but may have continued to be produced for several more years and into the 1930's. Ms. Alden's book is divided roughly by decades and she may have placed it in her 1917-1929 section because she believed that was when the majority of Ybry was made. It's possible the example she used in the book carried the MM-22 mark and also, perhaps, the pattern name. So I think both Ms. Alden and Gotheborg are correct. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dealing with old Noritake patterns can quickly drive anyone batty. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vulcan:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 290844, member: 308"]Hi Bakersgma! Before confirming the name with Replacements site, my source was Aimee Neff Alden's book "Early Noritake Identification and Values." On page 85 she identifies the pattern name as Ybry and identifies the mark as MM-22 in her index. She goes on to say that MM-22 was registered in Japan between 1921-1924. She goes on to note there are 16 variants of this stamp appearing in various colors, and usually with the pattern." To be honest I didn't even look at her MM-22 until your question. The stamp she shows as MM-22 is different from the example above. In my experience it's not unusual for the same Noritake pattern to have several different marks mostly depending on how long the pattern was in production. I collected BlueDawn and that pattern has three different marks. It has two different pre-WWII production stamps and an occupied Japan mark. If I had to make a guess I'd say Ybry started production between 1921-1924 but may have continued to be produced for several more years and into the 1930's. Ms. Alden's book is divided roughly by decades and she may have placed it in her 1917-1929 section because she believed that was when the majority of Ybry was made. It's possible the example she used in the book carried the MM-22 mark and also, perhaps, the pattern name. So I think both Ms. Alden and Gotheborg are correct. Dealing with old Noritake patterns can quickly drive anyone batty. :vulcan: Don[/QUOTE]
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