Beautiful Elegant Bone China Coffee Service for 12, from Royal Albert’s. The Coffee Service consists of Large Coffee Pot (2.25 pt capacity), Biscuit / Sandwich Plate, Cake Plate, 12 Coffee Cups, 12 Saucers, 2 Cream Jugs and 2 Sugar Bowls – 31 pieces. Coffee Service, made in England, is 1st Quality, it is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or crazing. The luxurious generous gilding to the scalloped edges, handles and rims of all pieces, and the coffee pot lid finial, is bright and vibrant. Royal Albert is the world’s most popular bone china, loved for it’s inherent beauty and unique designs. The success of Royal Albert’s royal association, dates back to the late 1800s. In 1896, Thomas Wild took over the Albert Works near Stoke-on-Trent – the factory named the year before to commemorate the birth of Prince Albert. In 1897, Thomas Wild & Co produced a range of commemorative wares to celebrate Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee: an association with royalty that continues to this day and which led to the name of Royal Albert. Pattern was designed by Harold Holdcroft and introduced in 1962. It truly captures summer in the English countryside, taking both rich and soft colours, combined with lush deep red roses, the warmth of tea roses blush pink. The coffee cups measure 2.5″/6.5cms high; the saucers measure 4.75″ (12 cms) in diameter. The biscuit / sandwich plate measures 11.5″ (29cms) x 6.5″. (16.5cms) and the cake plate 9/23cms in diameter. Backstamps read “Old Country Roses / Royal Albert / Bone China / England”. Thank you for looking. The item “Royal Albert’Old Country Roses’ Coffee Service for 12 1st Quality” is in sale since Sunday, May 27, 2018. This item is in the category “Pottery, Porcelain & Glass\Porcelain/China\Royal Albert\Tableware”. The seller is “mrvalesques10″ and is located in Cambridgeshire. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Date: 1960-1979
- Product Type: Coffee Service
- Material: Porcelain/ China
- Use: Tableware
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Pattern: Old Country Roses
- Sub-Type: Made in England
- Boxed/ Unboxed: Unboxed
- Manufacturer/ Type: Royal Albert