ROYAL ALBERT VINTAGE 1960S-1970S VAL DOR (VALLEY OF GOLD) PATTERN LARGE LIDDED TEAPOT

AN LUXURIOUS ROYAL ALBERT VAL DOR PATTERN TEAPOT. IN WHITE BONE CHINE WITH GOLD TRIM EDGES TO RIM AND HANDLES. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS AND VERY LITTLE IF ANY GOLD LOSS EVIDENT TO HANDLES AND FOOT AND LID. THIS TEAPOT IS RATHER LARGE 25CM FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE AND 20CM HIGH UP TO THE LID.
 
ALTHOUGH THE VAL DOR PATTERN WAS IN PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1962 AND 2010 THIS TEAPOT WAS MADE IN THE 1960S TO 1970S AS INDICATED BY THE BACKSTAMP WITHOUT COPYRIGHT DATE.
 
VAL DOR PATTERN (1962-2010): A BEAUTIFUL AND LUXURIUS PATTERN WITH WHITE BONE CHINA WITH FLUTED EDGES WITH THE EXTRA TOUCH OF GOLD GILDING TO THE EDGES AND HANDLES. THE PATTERN NAME REFERS TO A OLD GOLD MINING TOWN IN QUEBEC CANADA WITH THE SAME NAME WHERE IN 1923 GOLD WAS DISCOVERED. THE NAME LITERALLY MEANS THE VALLEY OF GOLD. THIS PATTERN WAS IN PRODUCTION FOR 48 YEARS AND DISCONTINUED IN 2010.

SIZE:
25CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 15CM DIAMETER AT WIDEST 20CM HIGH UP TO LID
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. MINUSCULE GOLD GILD LOSS. IN AMAZING VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
ROYAL ALBERT BONE CHINA LOGO FROM THE 1960S AND 1970S:
THERE IS A BROWN BONE CHINA MARK WITHOUT COPYRIGHT DATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MILK PITCHER STAMPED ROYAL ALBERT, BONE CHINA, ENGLAND VAL DOR.
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 BONE CHINA STAMP WITHOUT COPYRIGHT DATE ON IT (BACKSTAMPS IN THE 1980S FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD COPYRIGHT DATES ON THEM) DATES FROM THE 1960S TO 1970S.
BETWEEN 1980 TO 2002 THE BONE CHINA MARKS HAD COPYRIGHT DATES ON THEM. HOWEVER SOMETIMES THE PATTERN DATES CAN NARROW THE PERIOD OF PRODUCTION DATES.
AFTER 2002 NO ENGLAND ON BACKSTAMPS: ON 20TH DECEMBER 2002, ROYAL DOULTON CEASED ROYAL ALBERT PRODUCTION IN ENGLAND AND MOVED MANUFACTURE TO ASIA WITH BACKSTAMPS NOT HAVING THE WORD "ENGLAND" ON IT. THIS CONTINUED AFTER THE WEDGWOOD TAKEOVER OF ROYAL DOULTON AND THE ROYAL ALBERT NAME IN 2005.
AFTER 2009 WWRD ADDED ON BACKSTAMPS: IN 2009 - ROYAL ALBERT WAS ONE OF THE THREE BRANDS TO SURVIVE THE SALE OF WATERFORD WEDGWOOD ASSETS. THE COMPANY IS NOW KNOWN AS "WWRD" WITH IT APPEARING ON THE  NEW 2012 BACKSTAMPS

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.

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