This side plate is a product of the contemporary pottery named Royal Stafford, which was created in 1992 by the merger of Royal Stafford China with Barratts Of Staffordshire
DLAT Rating: 9/10 (Darling, look at this!)
ROYAL STAFFORD - Cake/Side Plate ONLY
Fine Bone China
Highly translucent chinaware (you can see the shadow of your fingers easily when the side plate is held to a light)
Cake - Side Plate ONLY
Pattern: Official pattern name is unknown so we have always called it Spring Flowers (Montage)
The design has been applied as transferware but with hand applied gold gilding (based on the backstamp containing no artists markings but there is the gilder mark)
Repeating pattern of various spring flowers around the outer border and in the centre is a different arrangement of similar spring flowers.
Scalloped side plate edge/rim has been finished with Gold gilding
Bright White porcelain base
The backstamp indicates this left the works sometime in the 1990's - this is not a particularly old piece but very pretty!
BACKSTAMP DETAILS: (Metallic Gold stamped print)
ROYAL STAFFORD
(Crown graphic)
BONE CHINA (either side of the Crown graphic)
MADE IN ENGLAND
Gilder's mark (=) on the base of side plate
CONDITION:
Clean
NO crazing - even using a "wet test" no crazing shows
NO cracks
NO chips
NO wear to the spring flowers artwork, outer border or the centre piece
Gold gilding is in very good condition, no wear is apparent and the hand gilding is "heavy" right around the edge
