England Cup Saucer
are tea cups and saucers an antique if on the bottom it says queen elizabeth?
they are really old and on the bottom it says england and queen elizabeth? all white with gold trim only the inside has a floral design. it also says some other things.
it also says royal doulton
Hello,
Your Teacups and saucers were created by the famed Royal Doulton Porcelain Company of Burslem England. Founded in 1815 and originally known as Doulton & Co until they received their Royal Warrant.
Royal Doulton set levels of quality craftsmanship that are still considered standards of excellence today. After some financial hard times (and many factory closures) the Royal Doulton Company (and family-Royal Albert & Minton) are now apart of the Waterford-Wedgwood Group, and they are again setting new standards of excellence in quality and design. You may find it enjoyable to visit Doulton's current website or to read a little more about them and their history in a Antique Porcelain book.
If your set has a number on the base that may assist you in getting an idea of the date. If you do not have a good reference book on Doulton, you can access a partial date list here http://www.antique-marks.com/doulton-marks.html
My personal guess would be that the pieces were made sometime in the 1950s; during that time Doulton purchased several smaller English Porcelain factgories (Paragon China, Etc) and began to use their "Royal Warrant" as apart of the backstamps of a great deal of their wares.
Now whether or not they are an antique depends upon your definition of the term "Antique". Some peopel hold to the view that anything over 35 years old is an antique. Others hold that it must be over 50 years old and then there are those that have held that a piece must be over 100 years old to be considered an antique (the view popular with most of the Professional antique world and among discriminating dealers).
Whether it is an antique or not, the pieces are still fine example of quality English porcelain that should be treasured and will certainly be destined to become heirlooms of tomorrow.
I hope this information was helpful. Merry Christmas!
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