Toshikane Japan porcelain costume jewelry

Cufflinks. Golden pagoda against Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms. Sterling silver, handpainted porcelain. 1950s. Toshikane Japan porcelain costume jewelry

Toshikane Japan porcelain costume jewelry
The history of Toshikane brand began in Tokyo in 1943 on a wave of European fashion jewelry making its way into Japan. It all started with porcelain buttons, which became fashionable to decorate traditional clothes, then cufflinks, tie clips, bracelets, clips, brooches, and souvenir spoons …
Traditionally, the craftsmen used mainly high-grade silver, or jewelry alloy. But, the main thing in any Toshikane decoration is porcelain inserts with volumetric (3D) images. Created by hand, each Toshikane product carries a fabulous national flavor and a special, inimitable style. Flowers, birds, animals, sea horses, dragons, masks, gods, geisha, miniature Japanese landscapes – symbolic subjects that can be viewed for hours.
Unfortunately, the company did not exist for long, ending its activities in the late 1960s, having left behind, albeit a few, but certainly inimitable small works of art.
Highly collectible, these jewelry decorations will cost more every year.

Collectible porcelain cufflinks in the form of figurines of the Japanese god of longevity Fukuroju, one of the seven gods of happiness and luck. 1940-50s

Bird with blossom cufflinks. Hand-painted porcelain, silver tone. 1940s

The contract for the production of these unique porcelain miniatures was with one of the many private family manufactories in the area of Arita. Arita – the cradle of porcelain in Japan, located on the island of Kyushu.