The Wedding Tea Service — Tuscan Fine English Bone China, Rd 785452
Afternoon tea service for twelve · September 1939 · Owner: The present owner, British Columbia, Canada — daughter of the bride and the soldier · Companion: PCS report · 85 ± 4 · Gold
The sandwich tray — the listing photograph. All images hashed into the report snapshot; full inventory in the companion PCS report.
Backstamp · Reg. No.
Trio + oval dishview pending
Cake plate & cups
Sandwich tray
Wedding · 1939 · documentFloor firm on a counted, complete twelve-service with its five-piece serving suite. Ceiling held just short of the class top by the minor gilt wear on two cup rims — noted and photographed rather than hidden. Documented 1939 origin defends the upper half: named provenance outperforms anonymous listings in this category.
If you're selling
One lot, Lower Mainland handover. Lead with the sandwich tray and the story: 1939 wedding service, complete for twelve, documented. Forty-plus pieces of gilt china do not ship well.
If you're insuring
Replacement of a complete, discontinued 1933 gilt-encrusted twelve-service with serving suite, in CAD for a BC schedule. This report and its hashed photographs are the claims evidence.
The market pays modestly for china and nothing for sentiment — and this report prices accordingly. What the record holds is different: a named, dated, corroborated family object. That part appreciates.
Comparable sales — prices actually paid
| Comparable | Source · date | Result | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscan 1930s service, ~30 pieces, minor damage — expert valuation | JustAnswer appraisal reference | £50–60 | valuation · floor anchor |
| Tuscan trios and single settings, plain patterns | eBay sold · ongoing | USD 15–30 per trio | marketplace closings |
| Tuscan (R.H. & S.L. Plant) — recorded spread; upper results are ornate gilt wares | Carter's price guide | AUD 23–576 | auction results |
| Same-pattern (Rd 785452) sold comparables | — | none yet recorded | watch active — alerts available |
Positioning: complete gilt-encrusted services with serving suites occupy the top of the recorded class spread; the two worn rims hold this example just below it. Asks excluded, as always.
Market interest · where the object sits
Interest bands are drawn from observed sale frequency and channel spread for the object's family, fixed at the report's effective date. The live report on the platform refreshes them; this document records the snapshot.
The factor ledger
- Complete for twelve, countedTwelve settings, five serving pieces, verified at the layout session (illustrative). The scarcest form of this service.Sets the band
- Documented 1939 originWedding photograph, named principals, corroborating medal group, coherent timeline. Defends the top half.Defends
- Minor gilt wear, two cup rimsPhotographed and stated. The honest reason this set prices below the absolute ceiling.Caps the ceiling
- No teapot — as retailedConfirmed original configuration; listed as such, no discount taken and none due.Resolved
- The Gazette lookupThe MM citation names the family's soldier in the public record — no effect on china prices, every effect on what this service means.Enrich
Family graph: this service, the wedding photograph, the Salisbury cup, and the medal group — which verifies the soldier as a person, not this object — form one private family graph on the network, now reaching its present owner. The family is the institution.
Report attestation
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Grade — Cited / Informed / Illustrative. How directly the comparables match: Cited = same reference sold recently; Informed = same maker/class, positioned by factors; Illustrative = thin market, directional only. This report: Informed.
Basis column. What each comparable's number actually is — hammer price, premium-inclusive, a valuation, or a marketplace closing. Mixed bases are never averaged blind.
Market interest bands. High — frequent sales, broad channel spread. Modest/Warm — steady but slow. Low — thin local demand; the report returns advice, never silence. Drawn from observed sale frequency and channel spread at the effective date.
Factor effects. Sets/Defends — evidence lifting or holding the band. Caps/Holds — an honest limit, named. Grey — context that doesn't move the number.
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