ROYAL ALBERT VINTAGE 1945-1970S OLD ENGLISH ROSE DISCONTINUED PATTERN HAMPTON SHAPED CUP AND SAUCER DUO 2ND OF 2

AN CLASSIC FAVOURITE ROYAL ALBERT OLD ENGLISH ROSE DISCONTINUED PATTERN CUP AND SAUCER DUO. THE SECOND OF TWO SUCH CUP AND SAUCER DUOS IN THIS OLD ENGLISH ROSE PATTERN ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
 
ALTHOUGH THE OLD ENGLISH ROSES PATTERN WAS IN PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1939 AND 1977 (DISCONTINUED) THIS CUP AND SAUCER WAS MADE BETWEEN 1945 AND THE EARLY 1970S AS INDICATED BY THE BACKSTAMP WITHOUT COPYRIGHT DATE.

ITS BEAUTIFULLY AND LOVELY DECORATED WITH LARGE PINK ROSES AND A GOLD BRUSHED EDGE. THE SAUCER HAS A 12 SCALLOPED WAVY GOLD BRUSHED RIM WITH LARGE PINK ROSES AROUND THE EDGE. THE TEACUP HAS A HAMPTON SHAPE (LOBED OR FLUTED BODY) WITH FLORAL PINK ROSES ON THE OUTSIDE.

 
OLD ENGLISH ROSE PATTERN (1939-1977): A CLASSIC ENGLISH GARDEN PATTERN WITH LARGE PINK ROSES AND BRUSHED GOLD EDGES. THS PATTERN WAS IN PRODUCTION FOR AROUND 40 YEARS AND DISCONTINUED IN 1977 SHORTLY AFTER ROYAL DOULTON TOOK OVER THE PEARSON GROUP AND HENCE ROYAL ALBERT IN 1972.

SIZE:
CUP 10CM WIDE 7,5CM HIGH
SAUCER 14CM DIAMETER 2CM HIGH
 
Condition: IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. ARTWORK AND GOLD GILDING IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
ROYAL ALBERT BONE CHINA OLD ENGLISH ROSE MARK USED FROM 1945 TO 1960:
THE OLD COUNTRY ROSES IS ONE OF THE OLD POPULAR PATTERNS THAT HAD THEIR OWN SPECIFIC BACKSTAMP LOGO.
FIRST IT WAS ROYAL ALBERT. THEN FROM 1905 TO 1934 IT WAS ROYAL ALBERT CROWN CHINA. BY 1935 IT BECAME ROYAL ALBERT BONE CHINA.
THIS PARTICULAR MARK IS A BONE CHINA OLD ENGLISH ROSE MARK WITHOUT COPYRIGHT DATE USED BETWEEN 1945 AND INTO THE EARLY 1970S. BACKSTAMPS IN THE LATE 1970S TO 1980S FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD COPYRIGHT DATES ON THEM.
 
ROYAL ALBERT (1896-): Royal Albert china is fine bone china and has been produced in England since 1896. Royal Albert china was originally produced in the Albert pottery works Longton. Royal Albert Crown China was a brand of Thomas C Wild and Co. By 1935 the Royal Albert Crown China and TCW branding had developed into Royal Albert Bone China.
In 1964 T C Wild & Co was bought by the Pearson Group then merged with Lawleys ltd to form Allied English Potteries Ltd, but Wild was allowed to operate almost independently, and Royal Albert China continued as a leading china brand of the company.
T. C. Wild & Sons Ltd continued production of their iconic Royal Albert China at the Edensor works, throughout the 1960's and in 1970 T C Wild was renamed Royal Albert Ltd. In 1972 The Royal Doulton Group acquired the Pearson Group, and all its subsidiaries. Production of Royal Albert China was transferred to St Mary's works until it closed in 1998.
Between 1998 and 2002 Royal Albert china production was transferred to other works including factories in Indonesia, so not all Royal Albert china is in fact English! 
In 2005 Wedgwood took over the Royal Doulton group, and the Royal Albert China Brand. Wedgwood china itself went into receivership in 2008, the current brand owners are WWRD Holding Ltd.
 

PLEASE ALSO ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER ROYAL ALBERT PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK INCLUDING SOME ENCHANTMENT PATTERN TEACUPS AND SAUCERS AND A BEAUTIFUL TEAPOT AND MILK PITCHER, TWO ROYAL ALBERT COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES CUPS AND SUCERS AND A ROYAL ALBERT VAL DOR MILK PITCHER. FINALLY I HAVE FOUR 140 YEAR OLD COPELAND HAND PAINTED PLATES THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AND HAPPY BIDDING!