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Also in this set: 1 Coffee Pot with Lid · 1 Sugar Bowl with Lid · 1 Creamer · 1 Marmalade Jar with Lid & Underplate · 1 Ornate Bee Spoon
Hand-painted roses and violets bloom on Royal Crown Derby's Derby Posies, first introduced in the 1900s. The Derby house may set a crown upon its ware by grant of King George III. Read its story.
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For all the regal ceremony of George III's crown, Derby Posies shows the house in a tender mood, wildflowers painted by hand in delicate pastel hues. Through the decades these posies kept faith with the flower.
Derby Posies is a bouquet in miniature, each spray rendered in intricate detail. This set was gathered piece by piece rather than made as one service, and a Royal Albert sandwich tray in Harvest Rose joins the Derby pieces for an English afternoon of tea and coffee.
Hand-applied gold trim brightens each piece and catches the light with every pour. A gilded animal makes the grip of the marmalade jar, and the sugar bowl wears classic rope handles. An ornate bee spoon finishes the set, as if it had just landed among the flowers.
Royal Crown Derby began with an artist's gift. In 1750, by the house's account, Andrew Planche was making figurines by hand at Derby's first china works. There he became close friends with William Duesbury, whose decorating skills matched his own.
King George III granted the Derby works the honor of a crown in its mark. In 1890 Queen Victoria appointed the illustrious house Manufacturers of porcelain to Her Majesty and granted it the name Royal.
Its Osmaston Road works in Derby, opened in 1875 by the house's account, is still its home. There a pattern from 1911 is still made under the very same roof. Its porcelain now glows in homes around the world, gathered by collectors who settle for nothing less than the finest. They know each piece carries a crown first granted by a king.
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