The Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. ("the Company that makes Japan's Finest China"), the forerunner of the modern Noritake Company was founded in the village of Noritake, a small suburb near Nagoya, Japan in 1904. In 1914 the company succeeded in creating their first Western style dinner set.Many collectors agree that this company has contributed to the best examples of “Nippon-era” (1891–1921) (extracted from Wikipedia).
This particular Noritake design has been discontinued since 1978.
I purchased the item over 40 years ago in Osaka, Japan.I have never opened the boxes; they have never been used and stored in the original boxes, inside my house.