tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post6874692793271007776..comments2024-01-10T15:45:03.567-05:00Comments on Tea and Talk: Royal Albert Pacific Dogwood teacupparTea ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106196613047314184noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-76551240230114513182011-01-31T10:59:33.826-05:002011-01-31T10:59:33.826-05:00Beautiful! I love dogwood, but life too far north...Beautiful! I love dogwood, but life too far north to ever see any of it in real life. What a lovely cup!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285185619015613888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-40106486498119159422011-01-29T07:44:47.842-05:002011-01-29T07:44:47.842-05:00I am always in awe at the lovely beauty of a teacu...I am always in awe at the lovely beauty of a teacup! The various designs are quite amazing! Such pieces of art.<br />Hope you have a marvelous day,<br />KathyKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310044533488593888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-10085720218424945362011-01-27T13:39:09.171-05:002011-01-27T13:39:09.171-05:00We started collecting the Royal Albert Provincial ...We started collecting the Royal Albert Provincial Flowers Series in 1985 when we happened upon a small china shop in Woodstock, New Brunswick. We fell in love with the dramatic patterns and being a botanist and an artist had to have these. We started with five cups and saucers and three salad plates. Over the next few years we were able to add more cups and saucers and plates until we were down to just a few. Then a set of Purple Violet became available at the same shop in New Brunswick and we drove up to get it and shortly thereafter we were in Vienna, Austria and found, of all places, the final trio of the Prairie Lily.<br />Meanwhile we had discovered Replacements, Ltd. in North Carolina and visited them to look at additional serving pieces. Here we picked up a cake plate, large creamer, covered sugar bowl and Regal tray and went on the waiting list for a tea pot. After two tries we did get the tea pot. Reasonably content with our collection I started to notice that Replacements had both the mugs and demitasse cups/saucers as well as other serving pieces. By now we were reading more about the pattern on the web and saw all of the other pieces in the set. The pattern was produced from only 1975-2001. Eventually we started buying mugs and now have 8 of the 12 and started acquiring the demitasse sets with 10 (4 from Germany!) of the 12. We are also adding some of the serving pieces. We use our set and it is primarily for desserts, so originally soup bowls, dinner plates, etc. were not of primary interest until now, but that is changing. The summer of 2010 has been excellent with the 11½ demitasse cups and saucers, 3 new mugs, and 14 new serving pieces including the small open sugar bowl and two large fruit bowls from England and the tea trivet and large sandwich plate, and a salt and pepper set - all very rare. Learned this summer that coffee cups = demitasse NOT mugs! Two more mugs were added in December so only 2 to go!<br />We did lose out on a quartet of four small berry bowls and the small cream pitcher on eBay, but have finally managed to get a single berry bowl from the UK and then the small creamer through the courtesies of folks in Holland. Several other good things came up from the Netherlands but were too difficult to negotiate to buy. Finally, from a different seller, we were able to purchase the Lady’s slipper demitasse from the Netherlands. The jewel in the crown was the acquisition of the tureen/punch bowl in November, a gift from a generous friend.<br /> This is the full inventory of what we have what, in transit, bid pending, and what we are looking for:<br />We have the full set of trios and Gainesboro demitasses and all but 1mug. <br />ALBERTA ROSE TEA SET<br />round handled cake plate 13½” (2)<br />tea pot<br />large creamer (8 oz.) 4”<br />covered sugar bowl 3”<br />open sugar bowl 2” 2<br />small creamer (4 oz.) 3½”<br />Regal tray 9” <br />salad/fruit serving bowl 9½” <br />small fruit bowl 5½” (1) 1<br />round vegetable bowl 9¼” (2)<br />oval serving platter 16”<br />charger/chop plate 12½”<br />dessert/side plates 7¼” (2) <br />rimmed soup plate 8 ½” (1)<br />dinner plates 10½” (2)<br />tureen/punch bowl 12¼”<br />tea trivet 6”<br />sandwich tray 12”<br />footed tidbit serving plate with handle 8½”<br />salt & pepper set<br /><br />footed cheese plate with glass dome- lady’s-slipper<br />3 tier server<br /><br />Royal Albert Provincial Flowers WANT LIST<br />MUGS: Pitcher Plant, Prairie Crocus<br />HAMPTON DEMITASSE SETS: Alberta rose, lady's slipper, madonna lily, <br />mayflower, pitcher plant, prairie crocus, prairie lily, purple violet,<br />trillium <br /><br />ALBERTA ROSE TEA SET<br />small fruit bowls 5½”/13cm-2, coffee pot, rimmed soup plate 8.5”/26.5cm-1, bread & butter plate 6”/15cm-2; chop plate (round platter) 13½"/30.5cm; handled cake plate 10½”/26.5cm<br /><br />Paul & Stan<br /><br />Not sure how to add photos to thisnaorchid@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-60573619982088290942011-01-26T10:05:38.933-05:002011-01-26T10:05:38.933-05:00Love the dogwood cup and saucer and your little cu...Love the dogwood cup and saucer and your little cup is so dainty. I bet you have a wonderful saucer to go with it! Happy Tea Day!Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648866385164116020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-23154674829304901752011-01-26T00:08:04.381-05:002011-01-26T00:08:04.381-05:00What lovely finds you made in those cups...I am in...What lovely finds you made in those cups...I am in love with the dogwood one...I wait in great anticipation to our dogwoods at the top of our driveway blooming this yr...Having lived in North Carolina for 4yrs I have a certain sentimentality for the dogwood as it is the State flower there also.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by for tea with Sara and I this week.<br /><br />blessings KelsieKelsie from Our Country Home and Studio Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320099117051996061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-69995413075143326182011-01-26T00:07:07.291-05:002011-01-26T00:07:07.291-05:00What lovely finds you made in those cups...I am in...What lovely finds you made in those cups...I am in love with the dogwood one...I wait in great anticipation to our dogwoods at the top of our driveway blooming this yr...Having lived in North Carolina for 4yrs I have a certain sentimentality for the dogwood as it is the State flower there also.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by for tea with Sara and I this week.<br /><br />blessings KelsieKelsie from Our Country Home and Studio Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320099117051996061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-1597604942436296342011-01-25T23:01:37.004-05:002011-01-25T23:01:37.004-05:00Hi: What special tea cups you have shared with us....Hi: What special tea cups you have shared with us. I just love them both. The Royal Albert is so beautiful. Thank you for being a part of this party. You have added to the day! Blessings, MarthaMartha's Favoriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513162906213998461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-60569127473703305082011-01-25T22:33:25.420-05:002011-01-25T22:33:25.420-05:00The dogwood teacup is gorgeous! And the one with a...The dogwood teacup is gorgeous! And the one with a lovely rose inside is very pretty too. Great finds!Olga Poltavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972704777268794969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-82044499678115137072011-01-25T19:44:41.125-05:002011-01-25T19:44:41.125-05:00I absolutely love your beautiful teacups. The Roy...I absolutely love your beautiful teacups. The Royal Albert is exquisite, and the sweet cup with the rose would have been my mother's favorite. Thanks, too, for visiting my post. May the Lord richly bless your week. GloriaUnder Her Wingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778105839814675715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-56045717564850338382011-01-25T18:46:03.396-05:002011-01-25T18:46:03.396-05:00Luvly! i've got dogwood branches for decor bo...Luvly! i've got dogwood branches for decor both inside and out on my balcony for the gorgeous deep burgundy of the branches!<br />tea and talk's on at FHC if you'd like a bit of travel ") WelCome!!Faith Hope and Cherryteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170392449995588653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-75517819806702920042011-01-25T18:45:40.467-05:002011-01-25T18:45:40.467-05:00Oh! These are very pretty finds!Oh! These are very pretty finds!Linda Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077587697557992493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-61177607024051270282011-01-25T16:22:32.773-05:002011-01-25T16:22:32.773-05:00Both your teacups are lovely. Your Royal Albert D...Both your teacups are lovely. Your Royal Albert Dogwood speaks to the heart of hope of Spring.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />PennyPellie / Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528703820943252311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-63516202262935126282011-01-25T16:04:45.686-05:002011-01-25T16:04:45.686-05:00I love each one! Especially your first one as I lo...I love each one! Especially your first one as I love Dogwood. The cup is so pretty with those colors of green. What a great Goodwill you have!<br />Hugs,<br />TerriTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308857175275747562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-5010546094773882162011-01-25T15:44:29.208-05:002011-01-25T15:44:29.208-05:00I like both of these finds! (And sure wish I knew ...I like both of these finds! (And sure wish I knew the shapes of things as well as you do!)Angela McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10928913868086900802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-63282605931297503092011-01-25T14:41:14.332-05:002011-01-25T14:41:14.332-05:00Oh, both of your teacups and saucers are just beau...Oh, both of your teacups and saucers are just beautiful!Diann @ The Thrifty Groovehttp://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-37364196697770840082011-01-25T12:21:24.591-05:002011-01-25T12:21:24.591-05:00Love the dogwood teacup. Now on the rose cup you ...Love the dogwood teacup. Now on the rose cup you can be on the look out for a saucer, you just never know when you might find it's match. I love the search and have ended up finding a couple matches in the search.Marilyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115440271615593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-6404688844544412002011-01-25T10:56:57.231-05:002011-01-25T10:56:57.231-05:00Wish MY Goodwill stocked more teacups...can hardly...Wish MY Goodwill stocked more teacups...can hardly ever find them! But it's always fun to luck. You struck a mother Lode, girl! Thanks for sharing!<br />RuthAntiques And Teacupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353180034537009493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-36714364460639912362011-01-25T10:31:32.407-05:002011-01-25T10:31:32.407-05:00All your cups are lovely too!
HugsAll your cups are lovely too!<br />HugsPrincesa Nadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810858245459270488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966358926115389357.post-73336753384006114282011-01-25T01:06:26.562-05:002011-01-25T01:06:26.562-05:00ahhh I love your teacups! both are pretty! I am pa...ahhh I love your teacups! both are pretty! I am partial to Royal Albert cups and also to roses! so both your teacups are my fave! thanks for sharing! have a great day!fitty's pinky rose cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137865901642424737noreply@blogger.com