Vintage Fukagawa cobalt blue with peony ashtray Bowl made in Japan

Vintage Fukagawa cobalt blue with peony ashtray Bowl made in Japan Vintage fukagawa cobalt blue with peony ashtray Bowl. Made in Japan Hand painted BLUE-WHITE PEONY BLOSSOMS ON "FUKAGAWA BLUE" COBALT BLUE Ashtray Bowl by FUKAGAWA SEIJI Arita, Japan! FINE PORCELAIN Gorgeous. minimal blemishes 1689 - Matasiro Fukagawa ( founder Eizaemon Fukagawa ) started to manufacture pottery in Arita. 1870 - By the command of the Ministry of telegraphic communication, the 8th Eizaemon Fukagawa succeeded in manufacture of the insulator for telegraphic communication first in Japan. 1875 - "KORANSHA" Scented Orchid Company was established by Ezaiemon Fukagawa with his partners. When those partners left, Ezaiemon Fukagawa reorganized the company. 1876 - Koransha upon exhibition at World Expos beginning at the Philadelphia Expo, won recognition and awards. 1896 - Appointed to supply pottery by the Imperial Household Ministry. Upon his death, his eldest son Yotaro inherited while his second son established the FUKAGAWA PORCELAIN COMPANY - 1894. FUKAGAWA INFO > 1894 - present 1900 - Paris Exposition - awarded the gold medal for large vase 1910 - appointed "Purveyor to the Imperial Household" 1916 - becomes the Japan Navy designated factories, to deliver the Western Tableware (up to 1918) 1947 - it had delivered the tableware in the United States Navy central purchasing office, further to receive the orders were mainly a dinner set These two companies on occasion produced similar/almost exact