| Superb, pure silver (jungin) navy named ship cup. The ship is the Yahagi. Click here for the Wikipedia entry on this ship. Minty. Inscribed 'Warship Yahagi, Showa 6 [1931]. Magong Defense Commemorative'. Magong is a city in China, the Guangdong Province (which once included Hainan Island). |



| Very nice tea or coffee pot from the battleship Kashima. Click here for the Wikipedia entry on this ship. Made of pewter, very minty. Embossed all around with a large pine tree, cranes, and a Rising Sun. Also various abstract patterns and a cherry blossom on the bottom of the spout. Inscribed 'Battleship Kashima, Crown Prince Visit to Europe Commemorative'. The Crown Prince Hirohito made a tour of Europe in 1921. Named 'Yamamoto' and also the maker is named: Made by Satsuma Yamasaki. The original paulonia wood presentation box is included. The label on the box is somewhat worn, but it shows that this is from a shop in Kagoshima (southern Japan). Yamamoto's personal stamp is on the box, too. |

| Inscribed: 'Battleship Yamashiro, Taisho 4 [1915] Enthronement Inspection Ceremony Commemorative.' This ship may have been present at some enthronement ceremony of the Taisho Emperor, which traditionally took place a couple of years after ascending to the throne. The Yamashiro had a long career, ending in 1944 when it was sunk by US forces. |


| From the Battleship Fuso. A crane, battle flag, anchor, and turtle are in the bowl. Inscribed 'In Celebration of Takahashi's Discharge, From All of His Peers on the Fuso'. |




Destroyer Inazuma Russo-Japan War |