HISTORY:
Make no mistake, this piece of Royal Albert is one of the "new kids on the block". My wife collects OLD (early 20th Century) hand decorated chinaware's and at times she is given pieces that someone else feels she would like to have but this is NOT one of those pieces she desires! Of course, high quality and a lovely pattern with embossing but after a discrete "waiting period", so as not to offend the giver of this gift, she now wants it out the door ...
If the Royal Albert history, quality and look of their older products is of primary interest then this contemporary (well, 40 years old is contemporary for us!) just does not fit that category. Old Royal Albert is known for it's lightness, translucency and high quality - often using flowers in their decorations, the most famous being Old Country Rose released in 1962. One final distinction of the older (pre-2002) Royal Albert products was the fact they were made in England!
This "modern" Royal Albert is genuine Albert product and as this piece predates the move of all Royal Albert production offshore in 2002, it is genuine Made In England ceramic!
To see the other ROYAL ALBERT chinaware pieces which may still be available from my wife's collection, take a look HERE
ROYAL ALBERT - Side Plate ONLY
Made in England
Series: For All Seasons
Design: PARKLAND
Bone China
Translucent, which means if held to the light you can see the shadow of your fingers through the china
The transferware decoration comprises a grouping of "meadow like" Pink & Yellow flowers, some trumpets and others appearing more like Primroses. The colouring is distinctive in that it is very "soft and gentle", pale light colouring. This tableware will just sit on the outdoor afternoon tea table very sedately and not scream at you "Look at me! Look at me!"
Nice!
In addition to the transfer pattern, the rim is embossed on the outside only (not underneath) and looks to be outlines of trees.
Finished off with a heavy Gold gilding to the smooth edge rim.
DIMENSIONS:
170mm diameter
WEIGHT:
175g
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
(This is a closeup photograph of the actual side plate backstamp)
No artist or gilder's markings
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO cracks!
NO fleabites or chips
NO discolouration to the base bright White china nor the decorations
NO damage at all to the decorations
Gold gilding is in very good condition, no signs of handling wear.
One thing ... you may notice a little dot near the Gold gilded edge rim, that is a Gold "splash" - even machine applied decorations are not perfect!
