Royal Standard was a trademark not the pottery works, this trademark was used by Chapmans Longton Ltd. This company was among the famous Staffordshire pottery companies, and based at Albert Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The tradename Royal Standard was in use from 1930 onwards, previous to this it was called Standard China
DLAT Rating: 8/10 (Darling Look At This!)
ROYAL STANDARD (Chapmans Longton Ltd) - Cake Serving Plate ONLY
Design: Art Deco
***This could be pattern 9488, as the cups have this hand written on each cup (only on the cups of the same design that I have) OR this could be the artists marks although the factory artist usually used 'marks' not 4 numbers.
Graphics are four collections of flowers, these look to be 'fantasy flowers' not depicting a particular species. Colours are very bright and vibrant.
White bone china base
Translucent (you can see through the china when held to a light)
Circa 1930 ~ 1949 (based on the backstamp design)
Hand painted - run your finger across the orange/red painting and you can feel the paint as it is raised from the plate surface.
Dimensions: 210mm x 220mm
Medium weight: 300g
Slightly rectangular shaped plate with scalloped edges.
Extensive heavy gold gilding applied to the rim.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
All graphics & text are printed in Silver/Grey
(Crown graphic)
ROYAL
STANDARD
BONE CHINA
ENGLAND
CONDITION:
Very good condition
NO chips
NO cracks
NO crazing
NO damage to the artwork
Very light Gold gilding wear due to handling, out of 10 I would give this a 9 as the light wear is showing in only a couple of small sections.
An excellent quite unique example of Art Deco tableware from Royal Standard
