ROYAL GRAFTON !! Vintage 1935+ Lot/Set of Royal Grafton China Cake & Tea Plate - Halcyon Pattern

RARE HALCYON PATTERN - VINTAGE 1935+ LOT/SET OF ROYAL GRAFTON CHINA CAKE PLATE AND TEA PLATE

ALFRED BAILEY JONES WAS ORIGINALLY A POTTERY DECORATOR AND SELLER IN 1876 AT EAGLE WORKS, LONGTON, AND IN 1900 HAD THE GRAFTON WORKS BUILT IN MARLBOROUGH ROAD, LONGTON WHERE HE WAS JOINED BY HIS SONS A.B JONES AND W.B JONES AS PARTNERS.  IN 1966 THE BUSINESS WAS PURCHASED BY CROWN HOUSE GLASS Ltd AND IN 1971 WAS SOLD TO NEW ZEALAND BASED CROWN LYNN POTTERIES Ltd AND RENAMED CROWN LYNN CERAMICS Ltd

THIS LOT/SET CONSISTS OF A FINE PORCELAIN CAKE PLATE AND MATCHING TEA PLATE EACH DECORATED IN THE RARE GRAFTON "HALCYON" PATTERN WHICH DISPLAYS GOLD TRIM ALONG ENDEARINGLY SCALLOPED RIMS BESIDE A SUN YELLOW, BRIGHT RED AND BLUE WITH TAN FLORAL PATTERN SET UPON A SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND ON THE VERGES WHILE THE CENTER IS A MILD PASTEL YELLOW. 

THE ITEMS CAN BE USED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS REPLACEMENT PIECES FOR EXISTING GRAFTON CHINA SETS

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - "A.B.J GRAFTON CHINA, MADE IN ENGLAND, HALCYON"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :

http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/j/jonesab.html

https://www.replacements.com/webquote/rgrhal.htm

CONDITION : BOTH ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO CRAZING, CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : TEA PLATE - 1.6cm HEIGHT.....8.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....16cm DIAMETER OF RIM

          CAKE PLATE - 1.8cm HEIGHT.....10.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....22cm by 22cm ACROSS RIM

ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT/SET

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R60             A Courier service is also available upon request 

                   This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier

COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEMS ONCE PACKAGED