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SHIPPING R45.00.
ROYAL ALBERT CROWN CHINA MARKS CHANGED GREATLY FROM ITS EARLY YEARS TO THE TIME IT INCORPORATED IN 1933 AND THE CROWN WAS DROPPED FROM ITS NAME AT THAT TIME. THE T C W MARK STOOD FOR THOMAS GLARK WILD AND SONS LTD WHO WORKED OUT OF CROWN CHINA WORKS IN LONGTON, STAFFORDSHIRE, THOMAS WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE POTTERY WHICH ACTUALLY BEGAN PRODUCTION IN 1884. THE MARK ON THIS PLATE DATES FROM 1917 - 1927. SIZE OF THE PLATE DIA. 14.5CM. THE PLATE HAS NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR CRAZING, IT DOES HAVE SOME WEAR TO THE GILT EDGING, I DONT SEE ANY REPAIRS TO THE PLATE. IT DOES HAVE A TINY SPECK OF PORCELAIN THAT WAS OVERLOOKED IN THE MAKING OF THE PLATE.
I THINK THE DESIGN WAS HAND PAINTED OVER TRANSFER.
THE MARK YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLATE PICTURED BELOW IS A SMALL SPECK OF THE PORCELAIN THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND IN THE MAKING OF THE PLATE.