Grafton China Tea Set - Antique China and Fine China Collectibles Query
by Abby
Grafton China Tea Set - Antique China and Fine China Collectibles Query:- My grandma recently acquired a Grafton china tea set from a friend of hers who had had it for a long time. It is very pretty and i have not seen anything like it when searching on the internet.
Reply by Peter (admin) To:- Grafton China Tea Set - Antique China and Fine China Collectibles Query Hi Abby Thanks for your query and a big thanks for also flagging up the fact I had not cross-referenced 'Grafton' under "G" - just under "R" for 'Royal Grafton'. This is now fixed. It's great when visitors help in this way as I try to make navigation of my site as simple as possible. Many china information sites have great content, but their navigation is not helpful at all. I have tried to make this complex subject easy. Ok, now to your questions. First of all I must say I never do valuations. It's an area needing specialist expertise, and I'm just an enthusiast within the industry. If you need expert help, I have written a special ‘fast track to an expert’ page. Here, you can get in touch with a professional appraiser (checked out by me) who can tell you if your mark is identifiable by experts without you having to pay any money upfront: www.figurines-sculpture.com/id-pottery-mark.html This service is unique online and is designed to protect my site visitors from wasting their time and money online. I've also designed the China Replacement page to help people get a rough idea of the value of their china wares. You'll find links to the best 'China Replacement' sites and also a lesson in how to search on ebay to find the current online auction value of your wares (not all that easy - but OK when you know all the tricks). From that page, you will find a link to Replacement.com. Use their website to identify your pattern name. Go to the china section, then the Grafton (or Royal Grafton) and use the thin blue vertical image bars on the left of the page to identify your pattern. This will help you search for value for similar. If it's not there, register with them (this is free). Due to the fact that you are using the name "Grafton China" and not 'Royal Grafton' suggests the tea set is dated before 1949, and therefore older and more valuable. After 1949, most pottery marks were stamped with Royal Grafton. I am not sure which license of warrant they actually held, or whether it was just a marketing trick. In any case, you can get a full rundown of their marks here:- Dates of Grafton China Marks. Your set sounds old, interesting and rare. You may well have something of value to Grafton collectors. A photo would've been nice! Feel free to submit one at any time and I'll add it to this submission. NB: photos are always a good idea on this public forum as it helps us to identify the wares. As my submissions page only allows one image to be uploaded at a time, it's recommended you merge two photos of the piece (one of the pottery mark, and one of the piece) into one single image. If you're not sure how to do this, you can use my photo-merge service here:- photomerge service If you're not sure what I'm going on about, have a look at a brilliant merged photo here on this submission by Patrick:- This is a perfect submission to follow as an example Hope this helps, Abby, and good luck with identifying your tea set. Best regards, Peter (admin) www.figurinecollect.com (These pages show our new English made bone china figurine collection) www.figurines-sculpture.com (This is my bigger site covering all aspects of fine china making)  IDENTIFYING POTTERY MARKS ....more CHINA PATTERN IDENTIFICATION ....more HOW I BUILT THIS WEBSITE ....more
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