BY APPOINTMENT QUEEN ELIZABETH II 16 PIECE PARAGON ENGLAND 1960S PORCELAIN SET - PARAGON PATTERN BRIDES CHOICE (1988-1990) - BLUE FLOWERS AND SILVER BURST RIM

BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE PARAGON (CIRCA 1957) BRIDES CHOICE PATTERN 16 PIECE PORCELAIN SET. INCLUDES 4 TEA CUPS, 3 SAUCERS, 6 BREAD PLATES, 1 MILK PITCHER AND 2 SUGR BOWLS. IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
BRIDES CHOICE PATTERN (1963-1990): DECORATED WITH DELICATE LEAVES AND BLUE FLOWERS AND GREY FOLIAGE WITH SILVER GILDING ON PURE WHITE BONE CHINA PORCELAIN. THIS PATTERN IS CALLED THE BRIDES CHOICE AND WAS ONLY MADE FROM 1963 AND DISCONTINUED IN 1990 UNDER THE PARAGON NAME. ROYAL ALBERT CONTINUED THIS PATTERN FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER FROM 1991 1997.
 
CUP SHAPE ELIZABETHAN: THE CUP SHAPE IS CALLED ELIZABETHAN AND FEATURES A SHELL LIKE TEXTURE TO THE RIM.
 
MARKINGS:
BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (ELIZABETH II)
THIS ROYAL WARRANT WAS ISSUED BETWEEN 1955-1960 AND REISSUED IN 1963.
CHINA POTTERS PARAGON FINE BONE CHINA
ENGLAND REGD
PATTERN NAME: BRIDES CHOICE
THIS VERSION OF THE PARAGON LOGO WITH TO HER AND MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN TWO LINES UNDERNEATH EACH OTHER WITH THE SPECIAL BRIDES CHOICE BLOE FLOWER LOGO AND PATTERN NAME WAS USED FROM 1963 ONWARDS.
 
SIZE AND CONDITION:
4 x Tea Cups: 10,5CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7,5CM HIGH 8,5CM DIAMETER TOP RIM
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER GILD LOSS.
3 x SAUCERS: 13,7CM DIAMETER 2CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER GILD LOSS.
6 x BREAD PLATES: 15,5CM DIAMETER 1,5CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER GILD LOSS.
1 x MILK PITCHER: 11,5 CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE  9CM HIGH
NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. SOME SILVER GILD LOSS.
2 x SUGAR BOWLS: 11,5CM DIAMETER TOP RIM 5CM HIGH
ONE HAS A TOP RIM AND BOTTOM RIM CHIP. THE OTHER HAS A HAIRLINE CRACK TO THE SIDE.
 
PARAGON (1900-1990): THE STAR CHINA COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1897 AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HERBERT AYNSLEY AND HUGH IRVING, TRADING UNTIL 1919, AND USING PARAGON AS A TRADE NAME FROM ABOUT 1900. IN 1919, AFTER AYNSLEY'S RETIREMENT THE COMPANY NAME WAS CHANGED TO PARAGON CHINA COMPANY LIMITED.
From April 1933, when Paragon was granted its first Royal Warrant of Appointment by HM Queen Mary, the Company incorporated in their trademark or backstamp, the arms of the Royal Warrant Grantor(s). During this period dating can be estimated from the Royal Warrant information.
PARAGON WAS NOTED FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY TEAWARE AND TABLEWARE AND EXPORTED A LOT OF ITEMS TO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
THE 1960S SAW THE COMPANY CHANGE HANDS SEVERAL TIMES, OWNED FOR A WHILE BY T.C. WILD, THEN FORMING PART OF ALLIED ENGLISH POTTERIES, THEN BECOMING PART OF ROYAL DOULTON IN 1972.
Royal Doulton continued the use of the Paragon name, but by 1989 the name and patterns had generally been absorbed into Doulton's Royal Albert brand. Doulton discontinued use of the paragon name from c.1991. Some Paragon patterns continued in production under Royal Albert name until the Royal Albert name was discontinued by Doulton.
 
ROYAL WARRANTS:
The Queen (Mary) and other members of the Royal Family were attracted by the Paragon designs and regularly ordered it for use in their own households or as gifts for others. In April 1933 Paragon was honoured by being granted a Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen (Mary). Royal Warrants may be granted to people or to companies who regularly supply goods or services to a particular member of the Royal family. Strict regulations govern the warrant, which allows the grantee or his company to use the legend 'By Appointment' and display the relevant Royal Coat of Arms on products.
In 1938 the company was similarly honoured by the new Queen, now Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and in turn, her daughter, Her Majesty The Queen (Elizabeth II)  granted a Warrant of Appointment in 1955.