Antique Royal Crown Derby 10.5" Plate Set, 14pc with 2pc Serving Dishes, c. 1899
Fabulous & RARE comprehensive 14pc 10 3/8" antique Royal Crown Derby dinner sized plate set with two matching serving dishes (16pc total), all in wonderful condition with cobalt blue flowers & foliage, gold enamel accenting & pressed edelweiss & snowflake accented rims! Wow! Nothing too frilly here but what a beautiful, elegant set and rare to find so many all together and in such wonderful shape! All have the red enamel maker stamp on the bottoms for Royal Crown Derby, England and are double marked for the retailer Mortlock's, Oxford Street. The date mark appears to be for 1899 on the plates, the form of the mark on the serving dishes date them between 1825-1848. The pattern number for the set is "RCD18", in case you'd like to explore adding pieces in the future. The Mortlock China Company was founded in Oxford Street, London in 1746 by John Mortlock of Sawston (1698 -1758), the great, great grandfather of John George Mortlock. By 1785 John's grandson William, (1747 -