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: 6/10 (Darling Look At This!)
ROYAL STANDARD (Chapmans Longton Ltd) - Saucer ONLY
Design: Art Deco
***This could be pattern 9488, as the cups have this hand written on each cup OR this could be the artists marks although the factory artist usually used 'marks' not 4 numbers.
Graphics are three collections of flowers around the outside of the saucer. These look to be 'fantasy flowers' not depicting a particular species. Colours are very bright and vibrant.
White bone china base
Very translucent (you can easily see your fingers 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 it is raised from the saucer surface.
Gold gilding applied to the rim.
Dimensions: 144mm diameter
Medium weight: 150g
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
All graphics & text are printed in Silver/Grey
(Crown graphic)
ROYAL
STANDARD
BONE CHINA
ENGLAND
Works artist marks are clearly visible underneath - these were extremely important to the worker because they were paid per piece completed, not by the hour.
CONDITION:
Overall, this saucer is in very good condition but what I think is subjective so I have carefully taken photographs for you to judge.
NO chips
NO crazing
NO damage to the artwork
SPECIFIC SAUCER INFORMATION:
I have done my best to give an accurate description, looking at the china and glaze with a magnifying glass where possible. This saucer is very fine and even a 'stray hair' sometimes fooled me into thinking it was a crack - of course it wasn't.
Hairline crack up one side. This extremely faint and can only been seen because of the light discolouration from liquid getting down to the base china. The underside has what appears to be a fleabite in the same area but no signs of the crack that I could see. Gold gilding has a small amout of handling wear and using a scale of 10, I would rate this as 9/10 or about 10% handling wear in one area only.
SUMMARY:
So there you have it, just one saucer left now (we did have a full set, once) please also take a look at the photographs for the saucer.
A nice unique example of Art Deco tableware from Royal Standard
