Royal Albert | Sweet Romance | Large Bone China Cake Plate | England

Royal Albert | Sweet Romance | Large Bone China Cake Plate | England

A cake plate is the first piece set out for tea and the last to be cleared away.

This large cake plate is in Royal Albert’s Sweet Romance pattern, in English bone china, decorated with floral sprays and finished with gilding.

The plate is in excellent condition, with bright, intact gilding and no chips, cracks or restoration. There are two very small surface marks.

Key Details

• Maker: Royal Albert, England
• Pattern: Sweet Romance
• Material: Bone china
• Form: Large cake plate
• Dimensions: Length 26.5 cm; width 23 cm; height 2.6 cm
• Weight: 431 g
• Condition: Excellent — two very small surface marks; gilding intact

Collector Appeal

A large serving plate in the Sweet Romance pattern, with its gilding bright.

Other ‘Sweet Romance’ pieces from the shop: tea trio, tea plate and open sugar bowl.

Afternoon tea needs a centrepiece, and this plate was made to be it.