This saucer is offered as a replacement if someone has one of these teasets but WARNING!
Although this design looks very much like 'Royal Albert Old Country Rose' it is definitely not Royal Albert china!
It's a fake, a copy, a phoney, not the real deal and it is pretty easy to spot the differences. Most likely of Asian origin in the 1980's I would estimate, perhaps Japan or more likely, China.
The decoration design is almost identical to Old Country Roses from Royal Albert... look at these two photographs
The decoration is transferware
The porcelain is opaque, that is you cannot see through the porcelain when held up to a light source
The porcelain is HEAVY, much heavier than Bone China at approximately 200g, compared to 80 ~ 100g for Bone China
The glaze finish has some uneveness, little areas where the glaze is not nice and smooth, like little air-bubbles.
Backstamp is non-sensical, doesn't really tell you anything but at least instead of passing this off as Old Country Roses, the maker has called this ENGLISH ROSE
ELEGANT CHINA - English Rose Saucer ONLY
Made in Asia (?)
Circa period 1970's ~ 1980's
White porcelain china
Opaque, meaning if held to the light you CANNOT see your fingers through the china
Transferware decorated
English Rose design which is an outright rip-off of the original Royal Albert Old Country Roses
Scalloped rim and also inside, towards the centre it is 'spiralled'
Diameter: 147mm
Weight: 200g (Heavy for a china saucer)
Gold gilding to the rim edging only
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Clean
NO cracks
NO discolouration
NO fleabites
NO crazing
Glazing note: the glaze has not been evenly applied, if you look closely towards the centre of the saucer you can see little 'holes' in the glaze. Shoddy manufacturing technique.
Gilding is in excellent condition with no signs of handling or washing wear.
