Imari, Kutani & Carlton ware bought off eBay
Got into an eBay frenzy just before leaving Perth – Margaret (Mike’s mum) has a bit to blame showing me all her treasures at her house! Also Mike for installing eBay app on my new iPhone!!! Just so you know I’m not always eating, or just thinking about food! I won 4 items on eBay while I was in Perth. As I’m not in Perth, I’m yet to see any of them in person (hope they’re okay)
Carltonware New Mikado Demitasse Coffee Cup Saucer Rita
I can’t say I love all Carlton ware (some of them are just… a bit tacky…), but I love the Mikado range in all colours, rouge, verde, noir and bleu (I think). Vases etc are so expensive! I’ll stick to lower priced ones for now 
Japanese 'Imari' plate
From the seller: ’It’s a lovely Large Japanese Gold Imari Plate, a beautiful old world Imari pattern, at a guess 1960’s to 1980’s, fine floral pattern in traditional colors, bright orange, dark blue, green and gold on a white background, simple yet style is there, all in all this is a very pretty plate great for the cabinet or as a wall plate, quality just is unmistakable as you see in the photos, so collectible, Great as a replacement or just to spoil yourself with, so I will let you be the judge, it is in perfect condition.’
That plate is not ‘gold imari’ like what the seller says. Not that it makes much difference (me thinks) as it is still ‘imari’ from Shibata Porcelain (as says so on the stamping). I also saw a nice Shibata set at an antique shop in Maylands.
This below is what got me started, the gold imari. Margaret has a vase that she bought at Grace Brothers in Brisbane in 1960’s.
golden Imari hexagonal bowl
Another item I bought from the same seller as the Imari plate is a Kutani plate.
Kutani plate
Kutani plate, bird & flower detail
From the seller: ‘It is a Vintage Japanese Hand painted Eight sided Kutani plate, hand painted bird scene in soft sepia colours, not signed on the base, from my knowledge this is KO Kutani, meaning old kutani as against AU Kutani, which is the latter, was made for the export market (English), great as a wall plate or to add to an existing collection, 1900’s to 1930’s, all in all this is a very pretty plate and will not fail to impress as you can see in the photos, it has been well looked after, greater for the cabinet, these are so collectible, so I will let you be the judge, they are in perfect condition.’
I’ve been doing some in-depth research into porcelain ware from that era. More on that at later blogs.