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Noritake Aristocrat Gold is a versatile pattern that will work with a wide range of decors. Other serving and accessory pieces may be available, complete (or start) your pattern today! The origins of Noritake as china formally begin with the founding of a company titled Nippon Toki Kabushiki Kaisha, Ltd. in Japan in early 1904. Noritake first produced dinnerware for the American market in 1914. Noritake production circa 1920 was divided into two main categories: Dinnerware and Fancy Ware. After a world-wide depression, the designs of the 1930s were markedly more pragmatic. Marketed in department stores and Five & Dimes, Noritake allowed America to take "art deco" into their homes and onto their tables. From circa 1922 through the 1930s, Noritake was available in a number of patterns through the Larkin Company when customers purchased soap, beauty and home products by mail. Imports to the U.S. market ceased with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. By November of 1947, Noritake, Inc. of the United States was organized and operating in New York. Noritake remains one of the world's largest manufacturers of china and porcelain with production facilities now located all over the world. Markets have expanded to include stainless flatware and crystal.
