ROYAL ALBERT VINTAGE 1980-1982 COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES DORSET CUP AND SURREY SAUCER MISMATCHED DUO

ROYAL ALBERT COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES DORSET CUP AND SURREY SAUCER DUO. IT IS A MISMATCHED DUO SORRY BUT HARDLY NOTICABLE IF YOU DO NOT LOOK CLOSELY. THE SECOND OF TWO SUCH COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES CUP AND SAUCER DUOS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
 
ALTHOUGH THE COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES WAS IN PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1977 AND 1982 THIS CUP AND SAUCER WAS MADE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1982 AS INDICATED BY THE BACKSTAMP WITH COPYRIGHT DATE.

ITS BEAUTIFULLY AND LOVELY DECORATED WITH VARIOUS FRUITS AND GOLD GILDING AROUND THE EDGES. THE SURREY SAUCER HAS A SCALLOPED WAVY GOLD GILDED RIM WITH PEARS AND APPLES AND PINK ROSES DÉCOR AROUND THE INSIDE EDGE. THE DORSET TEACUP HAS AN ELEGANT MONTROSE SHAPE (MOST COMMON CLASSICAL SHAPE) WITH AUTUMN FRUIT AND FLOWERS.
 
COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES (1977-1982): A SHORT SERIES PATTERN. THEIR WERE 6 COUNTIES OF ENGLAND FEATURED IN THE SERIES: DEVON, DORSET, KENT, SOMERSET, SURREY AND SUSSEX. EACH COUNTY SHOWCASED DIFFERENT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PRODUCED IN THAT AREA. THE CUPS CAME IN THE CHELSEA AND MONTROSE SHAPE. THIS SERIES WAS IN PRODUCTION FOR 6 YEARS AND DISCONTINUED IN 1982.

SIZE:
CUP 11CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7CM HIGH
SAUCER 14CM DIAMETER 2,5CM HIGH
 
Condition: IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. ARTWORK AND GOLD GILDING IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
ROYAL ALBERT BONE CHINA LOGO FROM 1980-1982:
THERE IS A COUNTRY FAYRE SERIES BONE CHINA MARK WITH COPYRIGHT DATE 1977.
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 WITH COPYRIGHT DATE ON IT (BACKSTAMPS IN THE EARLY 1980S FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD COPYRIGHT DATES ON THEM) DATES FROM BETWEEN 1980 AND 1982. ALTHOUGH THE COPYRIGHT DATE INDICATES 1977 CUPS MADE BEFORE 1980 HAD NO COPYRIGHT DATE ON THE BACKSTAMP.
 
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 OLD ENGLISH ROSE CUPS AND SAUCERS, 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!