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Details On Satsuma Pottery And Japanese Pottery

Satsuma Pottery was first made around Kyushu Japan in the end period of the nineteenth Century through to the start of the 1920’s in Satsuma in southern Japan. It is commonly known that around the same place there were fire kilns creating earthenware pottery reaching as long ago as the sixteenth century so we know the region on the southern island of Japan was previously important in Japanese Pottery. The phrase Satsuma derived form region where they were fired then changed to the way that the pottery was described. A normal item or piece of Satsuma pottery would be a creamy complexion & would be hand painted with small & minute Japanese notable people trees & even dragons. Satsuma pottery designs also used a type of surface decoaration known as moriage which is term to describe the use of layers of slip clay on Japanese pottery.

The Satsuma Pottery pottery business was also able to mass produce many items of earthenware pottery for export to places like Europe & there existed maybe more than 20 factories producing the pottery. Therefore the majority of the Satsuma products form region may be lower quality & commonly found but there were also designers of amazing fine pottery around the same time too.

There are lots of things that this pottery is known for & it can be recognized using these things. The pottery has a crackled glaze & it does not ring when knocked like other china pottery does. The craqueleuer of the glaze was done purposely by the designer & is not a hallmark of the dating of the pottery as people might think. The very early bits of earthenware pottery produced in the Satsuma area were painted in a thick heavy glaze & the pieces are very rare & are rarely found at auction. The early pieces do not have many covering designs. The most collectible & decorated items were produced around the nineteenth & twentieth century.

Another indentifying mark of any Satsuma style vase bowl or item of pottery are the designs that cover the piece. Lavished with scenes of ancient Japan the images are tiny & delicate & are possibly the most fascinating part about the vases you can own. Images of immortals trees Japanese landscapes mythical beasts & legends were all hand painted onto the pottery surface & then a light glaze is put over the pottery which then cracks process of firing the clay. These items are very beautiful pieces & are very sought after & collectible.

When purchasing a Satsuma Pottery or piece of Satsuma the makers mark on the item will most likely denote the name of the maker or company who made the pottery. Due to the fact that there were lots of factories of this earthenware pottery the stamps will be different on each item.

The factories & makers of Satsuma Pottery also created small items such as geisha buttons & hatpins & they are also painted with the same amazing images. The sets of satsuma pottery buttons are very collectible items & are a great item to include to your satsuma antiques.

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