We recently acquired this Royal Worcester coffee can from one of our regulars at Cambridge market. He found it was a duplicate in his collection - not surprising when you have 583 and counting!
The delicate cup and saucer are decorated with a variety of geometric and floral patterns in navy blue and have elegant gold rims. The fine bone china is so light and transparent that you can even see the pattern from the inside.
The delicate cup and saucer are decorated with a variety of geometric and floral patterns in navy blue and have elegant gold rims. The fine bone china is so light and transparent that you can even see the pattern from the inside.
I wanted to find out more about it so after some research and this helpful site I discovered the system that Royal Worcester used for dating their items. From 1891 they started using a dot sequence, adding a dot either side of the crown or beneath 'Royal Worcester England' each year. This helped me date our coffee can with 22 dots at most likely 1913, though as you can see from the photos the backstamps are somewhat ambiguous.
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This means it is probably 99 years old! I scared to pick it up in case it gets broken before it gets to 100...
It is now packed in its own little chocolate box for safe transport to our stall. Come and see its exquisite form next Monday.
It is now packed in its own little chocolate box for safe transport to our stall. Come and see its exquisite form next Monday.
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