Royal Albert Bone China England -
A Potted History
Royal Albert Bone China England - Founded 1896 Staffordshire by Thomas Wild.
Masters of the English floral style Royal Albert is a brand inspired by the rose and the English country garden. In 1896 Thomas Wild bought a factory known as the Albert Works. It had been named the year earlier in commemoration of the birth of the young Prince Albert. The brand they traded under was Albert Crown China. In 1904 the ‘Royal’ tag was bestowed due to the firms’ efforts in making commemorative ranges for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The company claim to be "The world’s most popular bone china" on their website. I can vouch for this in an anecdotal way when I visited French friends in Lyon. Sitting there on the draining board was a Royal Albert bone China tea cup and saucer out of which the man of the house drank his cup of earl grey tea everyday. Also the facts back up this claim. Royal Albert’s Old Country Roses (see above photo) is the most popular fine bone china pattern ever produced. Today they are owned by Royal Doulton which currently adopts a ‘designer’ approach for the brand, working with the likes of Zandra Rhodes. Doulton, in turn, have now been swallowed up by the giant Wedgwood group.
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