Royal Standard was a trademark not the pottery works, this trademark was used by Chapmans Longton Ltd. This company was among the famous Staffordshire pottery companies, and based at Albert Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The tradename Royal Standard was in use from 1930 onwards, previous to this it was called Standard China
DLAT Rating: 8/10 (Darling Look At This!)
ROYAL STANDARD (Chapmans Longton Ltd) - Teacup, Saucer & Side Plate Trio
(Offered separately or as a trio if all pieces still remain available)
Price indicated is for one off EACH PIECE, however if two or three pieces are selected then an automatic discount does apply in the checkout
Made in England
Aimed directly at the Australian souvenir market
Circa 1960's
Design: Chaffey Memorial Statue, Mildura VICTORIA
Central to the graphics is the statue of William Chaffey, one of the Chaffey brothers who founded the Murray irrigation system which created a vital source of reliable water for farming in the early days of Australian settlement, and still does to this day.
Decorative technique: this surprised me as the decoration looks to be transferware but upon looking much closer (magnifying glass) I cannot see the tell tale signs of a graphic transfer but instead solid brush lines! I do see some artist type marks near the backstamp which all means that this trio does appear to be hand decorated.
Base bone china is a pure White
Translucent (you can see your fingers through the china when held to a light)
Shape: fairly "standard" teaset shapes, the teacup having fluted sides and scalloped top rim and the saucer and side plate having slightly raised sides flowing into the centre, both of these pieces also have lightly scalloped rims.
Gold gilding has been applied to the edges of the saucer and side plate, with the teacup having extra Gold gilding applied to the mouth rim, both sides and the back of the handle and around the base foot.
DIMENSIONS:
TEACUP: 92mm mouth x 67mm height
SAUCER: 147mm diameter
SIDE PLATE: 160mm diameter
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
Makers mark printed on the base of the teacup
Makers mark printed on the base of the saucer
Makers mark printed on the base of the side plate
Absolutely hand decorated, note the decorator's mark on each piece and my own close up observations mentioned above
COSMETIC CONDITION:
This first section of the condition report is universal to all three pieces, any difference or flaws are noted below this section
CLEAN
NO cracks
NO chips
NO crazing observed (both Wet & Dry)
NO discolouration or damage/wear was observed to the decorative work on any piece. No pieces have any "stains", in particular the inside of the teacup although there is a tiny light Brown spot right at the bottom of the teacup, normal cleaning did not remove this 'dot'
NO knife cuts or scratches observed in the centre of either the saucer of the side plate.
NO observable wear at all to the Gold gilding on all pieces, not even the most handled areas such as the teacup handle and the teacup & saucer rims. When I first looked at the rim gilding I thought there was wear apparent but I then noticed that as the gilder applied the Gold by hand, the flow of the Gold is not always where it should have been (the scalloping is quite broad), it just ever so slightly wavers off to either side of the rim edge. It is not worn, just a real human who did this very skilful work applying the gilding.
I thought to myself, so the decoration is great but I bet there are some fleabites ... I was partially correct ...
NO fleabites to the teacup but with both the saucer and the side plate I can see/feel just one small non-coloured fleabite.
Extra comments relating to the saucer and side plate ...
The pure White background colouring shows up EVERY little mark or shadow and on both of these pieces I can see a couple of little "shadows" very pale greyish like blemishes to the pure White. Even after cleaning these did not shift and looking as closely as I could, I would swear these are underneath the glaze, in other words it appears to me that they left the works like this. Not unsightly but not perfect either ...
This souvenir teaset trio which commemorates one of the brothers who created the reliable supply of a vital resource, water, to our young, growing and hungry nation, without which growing our food would have been extremely challenging, is patiently sitting in one of my wife's spare display cabinets waiting for a new home to live in.
