{"product_id":"royal-albert-autumn-roses-nine-piece-coffee-set-bone-china-1981","title":"Royal Albert | Autumn Roses | Nine-Piece Coffee Set | Bone China | 1981","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal Albert | Autumn Roses | Nine-Piece Coffee Set | Bone China | 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pattern called Autumn Roses, introduced in 1981 — which is to say, it arrived just as bone china coffee services were beginning their long slide out of daily use and into the cabinet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal Albert has operated under one name or another from the Thomas Wild \u0026amp; Sons Longton factory since 1904, building its reputation on richly decorated bone china aimed squarely at the domestic market for formal entertaining. Autumn Roses was introduced in 1981, during a period when the pattern language at Royal Albert remained consistent with its mid-century identity — full-blown roses rendered in warm, naturalistic tones against a cream ground, finished with generous gilding at the rims. The shape used here is the classic Royal Albert footed form, with its distinctive S-scroll handle and scalloped, gadrooned edge. This nine-piece set comprises the full core coffee service: a coffee pot with lid, a milk jug, an open sugar bowl, and six demitasse cups with saucers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe coffee pot stands tall on a shaped foot with a gilt line at the base and a fully gilt scalloped collar where the body meets the neck. The neck is decorated with a dense floral spray of crimson, deep pink, amber and peach roses with sage and olive foliage; smaller scattered sprigs continue down the lower body. The interior of the pot, visible in the overhead image, shows the characteristic cream bone china body with no staining. The lid carries a smaller version of the same floral spray and is topped with a plain white petal-form knop with gilt tip. The angular, scroll-form handle is gilt at the upper attachment only. The milk jug follows the same footed form with matching floral decoration to the upper body and a plain lower body; the handle is the same scroll form, fully ungilded below the shoulder. The open sugar bowl has an outward-flared rim and carries the floral band around the full circumference, with two gilt lines at the foot. Each demitasse cup repeats the pattern on the exterior with a spray inside the rim; the saucers carry a full wreath of roses at the outer edge with scattered sprigs towards the well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seller confirms this set is mint unused. There are no chips, cracks, crazing or signs of use. The gilding across all nine pieces is in perfect condition with no wear, rubbing or loss observed on the rims, foot lines, or handle attachments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaker: Royal Albert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePattern: Autumn Roses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShape: Classic Royal Albert footed demitasse \/ coffee pot form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackstamp: Royal Albert Bone China England — Autumn Roses — © 1981 Royal Albert Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePieces: 9 — coffee pot with lid, milk jug, open sugar bowl, 6 demitasse cups and saucers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Bone china\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeriod: 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecoration: Full-blown roses in crimson, deep pink, amber and peach with sage and olive foliage; scattered sprigs; printed transfer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGilding: Gilt rim lines, scalloped collar, foot lines, and handle upper attachments throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Mint unused\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuyer profile: Collector of 1980s Royal Albert; buyer seeking a complete, unused bone china coffee service for use or display; gift buyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBone china made for the table that never reached it — the question it asks, silently, is whether that represents preservation or a life withheld.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Dancing Faun ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45007070068936,"sku":null,"price":3750.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/3497\/2104\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_b520a828-c693-4132-b926-d11383ff933c.png?v=1775891663","url":"https:\/\/dancingfaun.co.za\/products\/royal-albert-autumn-roses-nine-piece-coffee-set-bone-china-1981","provider":"The Dancing Faun ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}