ROYAL ALBERT LTD - Saucer
Design: Memory Lane
Fine Bone China
Translucent, which means if held to the light you can see your fingers through the china
The artwork is a continous pattern of violet and blue wild flowers
Edges are scalloped
Rim of the saucer has a continous heavily applied gold gilding
Diameter: 142mm
Backstamp is coloured
I would have expected transfer was the decoration technique but even so, I have two saucers and there are very slight differences in the artwork of each saucer, mainly the shading of the flower petals, not the shape of the flowers, leaves or stalks.
I believe these were actually made in England, because when Royal Albert Ltd moved production offshore to Indonesia in 2002, the word ENGLAND did not appear on their chinaware backstamp. But the design Memory Lane was in use for the period 1965 ~ 2007 so the exact year this saucer was produced is unknown but definitely somewhere between 1965 ~ 2002 (while production was still in England)
The 1970 Royal Albert Ltd (backstamp) is NOT the year of manufacture but the year that Allied English Potteries changed the name to Royal Albert Ltd.
Backstamp details:
(Graphic of wild flowers centred with a crown)
ROYAL ALBERT
BONE CHINA
ENGLAND
© 1970 ROYAL ALBERT LTD
There are no artist or gilder's marks
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO fleabites or chips
NO discolouration
NO damage to the decoration
NO wear showing to the gold gilding
