1972-90 dcd vtg famille rose england paragon tree kashmir 2 dinner plates/dishes

Description: the dish do note! the plates do have scratches on their surface from interacting with utensils. on the back, there is loss of the base white glaze on the base rim of the plate (i think possibly from washing). (see second image.) otherwise, i can find no issues. according to replacements.com, this pattern (whose name from the underside is «tree of kashmir»), was produced during the period 1972-90. i think i this aesthetic is called «famille rose» (see more on that below) they have a gently scalloped edge: from outer most scallop to the opposite outer most scallop is 11". the rim is a squat 1/2" away from the surface on which the plate rests (the squatness is great for hanging the plate on a wall). marks (see last image) [paragon logo] by appointment to her majesty the queen china potters paragon fine bone china england rec'd «tree of kashmir» made in england about paragon china (from: pristineantiques.com.au/paragon) paragon china was introduced by the star china co. in 1903. this company began production at the st gregory's works, gregory street in longton in the last few years of the 19th century and moved to the atlas works, sutherland road, longton in march 1903. the partners were initially herbert james aynsley, john gerrard aynsley and william illingworth. herbert was the eldest son of john, who founded the well-known firm of john aynsley & sons. he had gained much experience in the manufacture of good quality china, having been in business with his father for many years. john aynsley retired in july 1900. in 1907 herbert aynsley's youngest daughter married hugh irving, who was a sales representative for the rubian art pottery ltd in longton. irving subsequently joined his father-in-law as a partner in the star china company when illingworth retired in 1910. such was the popularity of paragon china that in 1919 the company decided to change its name and in 1920 became the paragon china company. hugh irving, who had been in active control of the business for many years, became sole proprietor in september 1927, when the partnership was dissolved and herbert aynsley retired. in 1930, the company became known as paragon china limited. irving was a very astute businessman making the best of every opportunity afforded him. he introduced modern methods of publicity such as window display competitions for retailers and he organised events attended by celebrities of the day. these attracted much publicity in the national press, further encouraging shops to stock paragon products. hugh irving and his sons, leslie and guy, who had joined the business in 1928 and 1933, respectively, continued their association with the firm until it was taken over by thomas c. wild & sons ltd, manufacturers of royal albert bone china, in 1960. in july 1964, wild and its subsidiary companies, including paragon, merged with the lawley group ltd which later that year changed its name to allied english potteries ltd. paragon became part of royal doulton in 1972 and continued to produce china under that name until 1991. by 1989 the name and patterns had been absorbed into royal albert and by 1992 the paragon name was discontinued. some later paragon patterns from this period continued in production under royal albert and were still available until the royal albert name was discontinued by doulton. royal connections in 1926 paragon introduced the ‹two for joy› design to commemorate the birth of hrh princess elizabeth. this depicted two magpies which were reputed to have been seen at the christening of the princess. hrh the duchess of york was delighted with the design and purchased some of the china. thus, began a long history of royal patronage. the queen (mary) and other members of the royal family were attracted by the paragon designs and regularly ordered it for use in their own households or as gifts for others. in april 1933 paragon was honoured by being granted a warrant of appointment to her majesty the queen (mary). royal warrants may be granted to people or to companies who regularly supply goods or services to a particular member of the royal family. strict regulations govern the warrant, which allows the grantee or his company to use the legend ‹by appointment› and display the relevant royal coat of arms on products. towards the end of the 20s paragon had started labelling some of their better quality china ‹royal› paragon. the granting of the royal warrant prompted the company to introduce the new ‹coat of arms› backstamp (trademark) and to describe all their products as royal paragon china. unfortunately, in so doing, paragon fell foul of the authorities as warrants of appointment do not carry the right to use the word ‹royal› and the prefix was withdrawn. current evidence suggests that ‹royal› paragon was no longer produced after the end of 1934. in 1938 the company was similarly honoured by the new queen, now queen elizabeth, the queen mother, and in turn, her daughter, her majesty the queen granted a warrant of appointment in 1955. a list of the royal warrants of appointment granted is shown below. these may be followed in the paragon backstamps from 1933 onwards. interestingly, royal warrants of appointment granted by both hm queen elizabeth ii and hm queen elizabeth, the queen mother to royal albert limited for the manufacture of paragon fine bone china are still in existence. royal warrants of appointment 1933-36 her majesty the queen 1936-53 her majesty queen mary, the queen mother 1954-61 the late queen mary 1938-52 her majesty the queen 1953-60 (reissued in 1963) her majesty queen elizabeth, the queen mother 1955-60 (reissued in 1963) her majesty the queen (elizabeth ii) paragon backstamps backstamps are essentially trade marks, the main purpose of which is to indicate the manufacturer of a piece of china. changes in these trade marks recorded from time to time enable collectors to estimate the approximate date of manufacture of an item. in the uk, a trade mark can be registered with the patent office to ensure that the manufacturer has sole right to its use. during the period 1899-1940, star, then paragon, registered only a single trade mark. thus, though many different star and paragon backstamps can be found, all, bar one, were unregistered and cannot be dated with any great certainty. many of the backstamps listed here are detailed in geoffrey a goddens encyclopaedia of british pottery and porcelain marks and encyclopaedia of british porcelain manufacturers where that author gives an indication of when new styles were introduced. these estimates are thought to have been based on information gathered from the pottery gazette diary. corrections and additions, brought to light by the most recent research, have been included in the backstamps detailed. collectors of paragon will soon come across marks not included in previously published lists and many mistakes arise because of unrecorded subtle changes in the star mark between c1915 and c1933. further, the evidence suggests that paragon were not too strict in their use of backstamps and some were used long after they had been superseded. this can give rise to each piece in a trio having a different backstamp, though, presumably, breakage replacement apart, they were all produced at the same time. for each of the backstamps shown, the date it was introduced has been estimated, the mark being used from then on. for some of them, it has also been possible to deduce a date after which the mark was no longer used, for some reason, though, generally, backstamps of any particular type were used until the supply of transfers used to produce them became depleted. each mark has been coded to aid identification. special backstamps, such as those found on the various nursery ware series, commemorative issues and china produced for specific retail outlets, have not been included but these items can readily be dated from the pattern number or from the historic event commemorated. pre-1933 backstamps prior to april 1933, the company's backstamp was generally based on the star motif which was derived from the original name of the company - the star china company. the name was changed towards the end of 1919. post-1933 backstamps from april 1933, when paragon was granted its first royal warrant of appointment by hm queen mary, the company incorporated in their trademark or backstamp, the arms of the royal warrant grantor(s). during this period dating can be estimated from the royal warrant information as above. about familie rose (from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_rose) the term famille rose meaning «pink family» was introduced together with famille verte («green family») in 1862 by albert jacquemart to classify qing dynasty porcelain by their colour palettes. this is still the term most commonly used, although various other terms originating from chinese are also used. different authors, however, have used these chinese terms differently. the origin of famille rose is not entirely clear. the pink colour palette was achieved in europe through the use of purple of cassius made of colloidal gold and first used on glass. it is generally believe that the use of this new colour palette in china was introduced by jesuits in china to the imperial court, initially on enamels used on metal wares such as cloisonné produced in the falang or enamel workshop (珐琅作), or through adaptation of enamels used in tin-glazed south german earthenware. the term used by tang ying (who oversaw the production of porcelain at Jingdezhen) and in Qing documents was yangcai («foreign colours»), indicating its foreign origin or influence. research, however, has failed to show that the chemical composition of the pink enamel pigment to be the same as that of the european one, although the cobalt blue of the enamel from some famille rose pieces has been determined to be from Europe. the oil used in gold-red chinese enamel was doermendina oil instead of turpentine oil used in the west. colloidal gold may have been previously available for use in jingdezhen to achieve such colours, and gold-red enamel technique from guangdong was used during the reign of kangxi. rudimentary famille rose have been found in chinese porcelain from the 1720s, although the technique was not fully developed until around 1730 during the yongzheng period. the pink of the early pieces of the 1720s were darker in colours made with ruby-coloured glass, but after 1725 softer shades were achieved by mixing with white enamels. at the palace workshops in beijing, experimentations was conducted under the supervision of prince yi to develop a range of enamel colours and techniques for applying the such enamels onto blank porcelain supplied by jingdezhen. these blank porcelain would not have been produced at the palace due to the polluting nature of the big kilns, and pieces of porcelain decorated at the palace and then fired in muffle kilns are called falangcai. court painters were employed to make drafts that may include calligraphy and poetry to decorate such wares, which produced a new aesthetic style of decoration on porcelain distinct from those used outside the court. falangcai decorations may be painted on a white ground, or on a coloured ground with yellow the most popular. as falangcai was produced at the palace for its exclusive use, there are relatively fewer pieces of falangcai porcelain. maker's and/or other marks (see last image) [paragon logo] by appointment to her majesty the queen china potters paragon fine bone china england rec'd «tree of kashmir» made in england dimensions they have a gently scalloped edge: from outer most scallop to the opposite outer most scallop is 11". the rim is a squat 1/2" away from the surface on which the plate rests (the squatness is great for hanging the plate on a wall). condition do note! the plates do have scratches on their surface from interacting with utensils. on the back, there is loss of the base white glaze on the base rim of the plate (i think possibly from washing). (see second image.) otherwise, i can find no issues. the fine print the images serve as the majority of the listing description, so take a look at them closely. shipping costs have really increased—this is calculated into the buy-it-now price. i am not able to sell individual items from items i have listed as a group. i just don't have the stamina to create new listings for those. i apologize for that. i haven't initially individually listed items because i don't have enough listing slots to so. trying to downsize some, though extremely melancholically. shipping time: i otherwise work more than full time and my health isn't great, so kindly excuse the longer handling time. if i am able to ship sooner, i absolutely will do that. i appreciate you taking the time to view my listing.

Price: 40 USD

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

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