Check the back of a plate For most modern patterns, identification is as easy as looking on the back of a large plate.
Hard-to-find antique pieces from well-known companies like Lenox or Welmar may be more valuable than other brands that mass produced their items.
Collecting Noritake A to Z.
Some Azalea accessory pieces appeared in Larkin catalogs for three or four years.
Service is for 12, includes creamer, sugar bowl, 12 teacups, 12 saucers, 12 dinner plates, 12 salad plates, 2 oval shaped platters, large and small, 1 covered round vegetable bowl, 1 uncovered vegetable bowl, 12 soup bowls, 12 cereal bowls, 1 gravy bowl.
Newer Noritake collections contain the Noritake stamp along with the pattern name etched on the bottom of dinnerware or fine-china decor products.