Price guide to Derby dinner services, breakfast and dessert services including those by Royal Derby. Prices often depend on number of items in a service, rarity of pattern and condition.
The production of Derby porcelain dates from the first half of the 18th century, although the authorship and the exact start of the production remains today as a matter of conjecture. The oldest remaining pieces in the late 19th century bore only the words “Darby” and “Darbishire” and the years 1751-2-3 as proof of place and year of manufacture. More important is the fact that the production of porcelain in Derby predates the commencement of the works of William Duesbury, started in 1756 when he joined Andrew Planche and John Heath to create the Nottingham Road factory, which later became the Royal Crown Derby. Reference: Wikipedia
A Derby porcelain part dinner service in the Old Japan pattern circa 1820 Comprising thirty-six 10 1/4in dinner plates, thirteen 8in salad plates, twelve 10 1/4in soup plates, one covered soup tureen, two covered sauce tureens with underplates, two covered vegetable dishes, two 14 1/4in platters and one 17 3/4in platter, with various red painted factory marks, some painted 19 or 24. (69)
Sold for US$ 2,250 (£ 1,719) inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
A DERBY PORCELAIN COMPOSITE PART DINNER-SERVICE CIRCA 1815, IRON RED CROWNED CROSSED BATON AND D MARKS, PAINTED WORKMEN’S NUMERALS Painted with a crest of a bird of prey holding a shield within a border of iron-red, green and gilt foliate-scroll decoration, comprising: a circular two-handled soup-tureen, cover and stand, a circular vegetable-tureen and cover, a navette-shaped vegetable-dish, four comports, two circular two-handled sauce-tureens, covers and stands, a circular butter-dish, cover and stand, a muffin-dish and cover, eight oval serving-platters in sizes, four shaped circular serving-dishes, forty-five dinner-plates, twenty-four soup-plates, twenty-four side-plates The largest platter: 19. 3/4 in. (50.2 cm.) wide
Sold for GBP 16,250 at Christie’s in 2018
Royal Crown Derby Traditional Imari Pattern Porcelain Partial Dinner Service Diameter of dinner plates 10 3/4 inches.
Comprising: 12 dinner plates diameter 10 3/4 inches 12 Salad/Dessert plates 12 Coffee/tea cups with 12 saucers
Sold for $1,125 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2017
Royal Crown Derby porcelain dinner service in the Gold Aves pattern; comprised of 92 pieces, including: 16 dinner plates; 16 salad plates; 16 bread plates; 8 demitasse cups with 8 saucers; 14 tea cups with 14 saucers; D: 10 1/2″ (dinner plates)
Sold for $1,125 (includes buyer’s premium) at I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers in 2018
An extensive Derby crested part-Breakfast, tea and coffee service, circa 1790-1800 with yellow and gilt borders reserving a gilded crest of a lion, comprising 21 plates in two sizes, 6 cake plates, a small bowl, 8 large breakfast cups and 10 saucers, 11 tea cups in two sizes and 14 saucers, 6 coffee cans and 3 saucers, and two sugar bowl covers, crown, crossed baton, D marks in iron-red and puce, together with an English porcelain part-breakfast service, circa 1810, with similar yellow borders comprising two footed two-handled rectangular comports, three serving plates, five breakfast cups and saucers, five teacups and three saucers, and two twin-handled cups and stands, Quantity: 98 the comports 38cm., 15in. wide
Sold for 1,875 GBP at Sothebys in 2017
