Lot 131: A Collection of Royal Crown Derby Derby Posies Pattern Bone China

A collection of English fine bone china manufactured by Royal Crown Derby. The group consists of five vessels and two saucers, including one scalloped-edge dessert plate, two teacups with matching saucers, and two cylindrical mugs. The pieces are decorated in the Derby Posies pattern, which features varied colourful floral sprays and posies against a white ground. The dessert plate displays a secondary motif of grey stars and dots. Each piece is finished with a hand-applied gold gilded rim.

The items bear a red printed factory backstamp on the base. The mark includes the Royal Crown Derby crown and cypher device and is transcribed as: ROYAL CROWN DERBY, ENGLISH BONE CHINA, Derby Posies, (c), XLIII. To the left is a small red character P and a dark mark resembling an R. At the top right is an incised or painted mark resembling an S. The Roman numeral date code XLIII indicates a manufacture date of 1980.