Grafton (and after 1949, Royal Grafton) was the trade name used by A. B. Jones & Sons (Ltd) with their works located at Longton, Stock-On-Trent England and they operated between 1900 ~ 1971
This teacup is from one of our "hand painted teaset trios" that is now leaving home, in fact the saucer already has a new home, just this teacup and the side plate remain currently.
DLAT Rating: 9.9/10 (Darling, Look At This!)
GRAFTON CHINA - Teacup (1) ONLY
Grafton China is the tradename used by A.B. Jones & Sons Ltd until around 1949, afterwhich they used the tradename Royal Grafton
Pattern: 5807
Three groups of flowers, dominant is the Blue 'Foxglove like' (although the petals don't look right) and the other flowers are non-descript, perhaps Mauve & Pink/Red "Foxgloves" and Yellow "daisy-like" flowers. Trims are finished with Blue paint (top rim and the handle)
There is no Gold gilding at all
Fine bone china - particularly light when held in the hand, it feels like it looks "delicate & dainty"
Translucent fine china, meaning that when it is held to the light you can easily see the shadow of your hand through the chinaware
This teacup shape & design has a general "Art Deco" appearance to it, particularly the Grey coloured shapes (pathway?) around the flowers, we feel it is most likely this teaset left the A.B.J. works during the 1940's as this fits in with the time period when the previous extended family owners had this teaset, actually it used to be part of a complete large dining set.
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Here is a photograph of the actual teacup backstamp
No discernable 'artist mark', but have no doubt at all, this is hand decorated.
DIMENSIONS:
Mouth: 85mm diameter
Height: 73mm
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO cracks at all
NO chips at all
NO discolouration to the design, specifically the inner teacup and NO tannin stains in the bottom!
NO crazing observed, dry and wet checked
Decorative work is in A1 condition, this means no observable wear 'n' tear from handling at all. In regard to teacups, the most susceptible areas to wear are the top rim and the handle, this teacup shows NO wear to these areas in particular.
