Royal Albert Blossom Time Tea Service, Made in England

Description

An absolutely exquisite Royal Albert Tea Set in mint condition with no flaws noted. Circa 1940s-1950s, and long discontinued. Decorated with a charming design of Apple Trees in Full Bloom at the Ralph Eaton Farm in 1933 with gold trim. Includes coffee pot, creamer, sugar, four cups and saucers, and four dessert plates. China is carefully packaged in bubble wrap and will be shipped in a double cardboard box.

History of the Royal Albert Blossom Time Pattern. The following history was written by G. R. Palmeter on June 11, 1992. The document is located in the Apple Blossom Festival archives at the Kings County Museum in Kentville.

“On a spring morning in 1933, G. R. Palmeter left a meeting of the Apple Blossom Committee at the Cornwallis Inn to purchase china from a representative of the Royal Albert China of England. While there, he asked the salesman about creating a pattern called Blossom Time, to tie in with the Apple Blossom Festival. A design was submitted and the factory got to work on it. The design is an actual picture of the Ralph Eaton farm, in the Annapolis Valley – the apple trees were at the height of bloom – and this worked out ideally, from the factory standpoint. The result was “Blossom Time China.”