Grafton (and after 1949, Royal Grafton) was the trade name used by A. B. Jones & Sons (Ltd) with their works located at Longton, Stock-On-Trent England and they operated between 1900 ~ 1971
This is from one of our "dressed to impress" teaset trios - a true 'show pony'!
DLAT Rating: 10/10 (Darling, look at this!)
This is part of our Royal Grafton "fancy" collection which we have now decided some of which needs to find new, caring homes to live in! This Royal Grafton trio is being made available as separate items (or all together if someone doesn't previously purchase part of the trio)
To see the other ROYAL GRAFTON 6789 pieces which may still be available, take a look HERE
ROYAL GRAFTON - Saucer (1) ONLY
Royal Grafton is the tradename used by A.B. Jones & Sons Ltd
Circa 1936 ~ 1966 (based on the backstamp design) although we believe this trio left the works in the 1950's
Pattern: 6789
We never did find out the true name of this pattern and there was no way my wife would be referring to this Royal Grafton teaset trio as "Oh, that's my 6789!" so we decided to refer to this pattern as Grandiose or the Grand Grafton. Grandiose is a play on another pattern from Royal Grafton call Majestic, which has 'similar' colouring.
Translucent fine china, meaning that when it is held to the light you can easily see the shadow of your hand through the chinaware
Partially hand painted
The design is very 'visual', intended to be admired, looked at and perhaps lusted after! Base White china on the underside and top side central area with a soft Yellow wash bordering the centre, within which is a band of contrasting Burgundy surrounding the centre. Extensive use of Gold gilding and possibly leaf (?) and just to finish it off, small 'dabs' of lime Green inside the Gold patterns. The brush artist didn't have a lot of work to do here, that is why I have stated this is partially hand painted.
Absolutely this is a 'show pony' for the occasional fancy tea occasion.
Think of this saucer as something like the Royal Crown jewels! Nice to look at but the Queen wouldn't have worn them to the Charity Ball!
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Lime Green printed colouring is used for the backstamp
ROYAL
GRAFTON (with the extended hook in the G)
BONE CHINA
MADE IN
ENGLAND
Just near the word GRAFTON and outside to the right of the backstamp is the gilders mark
This saucer possibly has an 'artist mark', near the underside edge is a small lime Green dot
DIMENSIONS:
145mm diameter
COSMETIC CONDITION:
This is the REALLY IMPORTANT part! No good being a Show Pony if it hasn't had love and caring over the years.
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips at all
NO discolouration to the design, specifically the Yellow wash and NO stains in the centre area!
NO crazing observed, dry and wet checked
Gold gilding and patterning is in A1 condition, this means no observeable wear n tear from handling at all and there are no signs of gilding wear on the rim edges at all. All gilding looks to have been hand applied, and this is confirmed by the gilders mark on the underside.
Like the side plate, I did however notice one SMALL 'flaw" ... on the top side, near the central area is a tiny bump OUTWARDS. This is not a fleabite but seems to be an imperfection from the works, something like a fleck of dirt was introduced with the glaze! I am being really pedantic here, this little bumpy thing is so so small and barely noticeable, but it can be found if you look hard enough.
