Lady Beth

This is the 4th tea cup from my Auntie.  It looks simple on the outside, coloured a nice pale green...

Then on the inside there is the beautiful blue rose!

This is my first tea cup by Lady Beth in my collection. 

~ Lady Beth ~ Fine Bone China ~ Made in England ~

Royal Anne - Autumn Glory

This is the 3rd tea cup from my Auntie.  I LOVE the bright cheerful pattern on this tea cup.  This one is sure to make me smile every time I pull it out!

~ Queen Anne ~ Fine Bone China ~ England ~ Autumn Glory ~

Royal Crown Derby

This is the second tea cup from my Auntie.  I love the colours on this one ... it's not like any other tea cups I have in my collection.

This tea cup is produced by Royal Crown Derby.  This is my first tea cup from this company, so I did a little research on it.  It appears that this is the company that supplied the china on the Titanic.

My tea cup was probably produced somewhere between 1921-1964.

I just love this pattern!!

~ Royal Crown Derby - Made in England - 01961 (?) ~

Royal Albert Numbered Pattern 6594

My Auntie gifted to me 4 beautiful tea cups that I will share in the next 4 posts.  This first one was produced somewhere between 1927-1935 I believe.  It is really quite beautiful and detailed!

This tea cup is a Doris shaped cup.  I love this shape ... so elegant.

Look at all the detail in the saucer ...

~ Royal Albert ~ Crown China ~ England ~ 6594 (?) ~

Pretty Pink Tea Cups

My Pretty Blue Tea Cups

Royal Albert - Blue Blossom Jam Jar

A couple summers ago my husband and I spent a weekend in Nanton, Alberta.  We spent our time snooping in their many antique shops, having lunch the cutest teahouse and watching the fireworks to celebrate their ‘Nanton Days.’  

As a souvenir of our trip I found this great little jam jar.   I think I could use it for sugar too.   It is a Royal Albert piece and the pattern is Blue Blossom. 

The pattern reminds me of my Lavender Rose dinnerware by Royal Albert.

~ Royal Albert ~ Blue Blossom ~

Paragon - Green and Gold

I wanted to share a beautiful tea cup my husband bought me for our anniversary.  He found it at this great antique mall that we have in our city.

It has such a unique and pretty pattern.  I like the fun green petal shapes around the cup and saucer with a gold overlay...

 ...and such pretty ruffled edges!

 There is a spring floral bouquet inside the cup and in the center of the saucer.

Here is the backstamp ... it was used 1935-.

 

~ Paragon ~ By Appointment ~ Fine China ~ Made in England ~

Salisbury - Golden Lotus

Here is the other tea cup I received for my birthday!

Isn't the tea cup shape unique?  I love the handle shape and the fancy saucer.

Such a pretty flower pattern, too!

Here is the backstamp.  Salisbury Crown China was a firm based in Longton, Staffordshire founded in 1927 and taken over by Thomas Poole of Longton in 1961.

 ~ Salisbury ~ Bone China ~ Made in England ~ Golden Lotus ~

Old Royal Bone China

I received a couple beautiful tea cups for my birthday this year from my parents.  This one is a pretty floral tea cup with soft pink inside the cup.

It has pretty ruffled edges ...

Here is the backstamp.  It looks like it was produced between 1945-1963.

 

~ Old Royal Bone China ~ England ~ Est: 1846 ~

Royal Albert - Unnamed - 2534

Here is a fun teacup that I found at an estate sale.  The orange dots are raised, and it looks like maybe some of it was painted by hand? 

Here is the backstamp.  It is quite difficult to read the hand written number, so it is a bit of a guess.  I think this backstamp was used in the 1940's.

~ Royal Albert ~ Bone China ~ England ~ 2534 ~ 3 ~

Royal Vale - 1123

Here is another sweet teacup that was gifted to me from my parents.  Such beautifully coloured flowers.  They just make me want to smile!!

Here is the backstamp.  From what I can tell, this backstamp could have been used anytime between 1913 - 1953.

~ Royal Vale ~ Bone China ~ Made in England ~ 1123" ~

Royal Vale - 7980 - Daffodils

 Here is a beautiful tea cup I received as a gift from my parents.  I features such cheerful daffodils!

Here is the backstamp.  I believe it dates the tea cup around 1953-1964.

~ Royal Vale ~ Made In England ~ A Product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd. ~ Pattern No 7980 ~

Royal Albert - Unnamed - Roses

It's been a while since I posted last, and it's time to share another tea cup!  This is one that I picked up a few weekends ago.  It was at a garage sale, and since it was missing the saucer, the lady let it go for a quarter!  That's hard to pass up!  I'll have to be on the hunt for a saucer that goes well with it.

 Romantic pink roses against a blue background with stunning bold gold trimmings.  It sure is a nice cup, even if it doesn't have anything to stand on right now.

Here is the back stamp:

~ Royal Albert ~ Bone China ~ England ~