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: Appraise report
Trio and oval dish · gilt-encrusted "gold lace" over apple green · photographed by the owner, 2 July 2026 · all images hashed into the report snapshot
Backstamp · Reg. No.
Trio + oval dishview pending
Cake plate & cups
Sandwich tray
Wedding · 1939 · documentLocked-tier disclosure — Gold: authentication confidence high; suitable for secondary-market transaction subject to the buyer's standard diligence and the liability terms below. The same method corrected another family's 1904 story last week. This one holds.
The registry sweep · every source namedSeven registries checked. One gap — published, not hidden.
| Registry | Scope | Checked | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interpol stolen-works database | Object | 3 Jul 2026 | Clear |
| FBI Art Crime Team — national stolen art file | Object | 3 Jul 2026 | Clear |
| ICOM Red Lists | Category/patrimony | 3 Jul 2026 (Q2 dataset) | Clear |
| CBP repatriation registry | Object/patrimony | 3 Jul 2026 | Clear |
| Sanctions — OFAC · SECO · EU · UK OFSI | Parties | 3 Jul 2026 | Clear |
| Liens · litigation · encumbrances | Object/parties | 3 Jul 2026 | None found |
| Art Loss Register | Object | — | Not checked · Q3 2026 |
Stolen-property check covers Interpol, FBI Art Crime Team, ICOM Red Lists, and CBP repatriation registry. Art Loss Register integration scheduled Q3 2026. This report does not discharge the recipient's own diligence obligations under applicable cultural-property, sanctions, or AML law, including any duty to consult the Art Loss Register.
Material characterisation · declared vs observed vs referenceFor china, the keys are the body, the marks, the gilt, and the count.
| Measure | Declared | Observed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body & translucency | Fine English bone china, R.H. & S.L. Plant Ltd, Longton | Consistent — thin-walled translucent body per raking-light session (illustrative) | Bone-china body characteristics for Staffordshire production of the period |
| Backstamp & marks | PLANT winged-crown · TUSCAN CHINA · MADE IN ENGLAND · Reg. No. 785452 | Photographed and matched — pre-1966 mark wording; decorator's painted mark present | Published Plant mark chronology · British Rd registry table (785452 → 1933) |
| Gilding | Gilt-encrusted "gold lace" over apple-green bands | Bright throughout; engraved vermicelli texture; minor wear to two cup rims — photographed and disclosed | Gilt-encrusted decoration class — the labour-intensive top of the maker's range; regilding would show tonal breaks |
| Count & completeness | Afternoon service for twelve with serving suite; no teapot, as retailed | Counted at the layout session (illustrative): twelve settings plus five serving pieces — 41 pieces | Period retail configuration for gilt afternoon services — tea poured from the family silver |
Category note: china carries no serials — identity rests on the mark system and the registered-design number, and the intake hints exist because owners misdeclare number types (this service's "serial" was a registered design; another family's "Rd" was a pattern number). Every observed cell above is backed by a hashed photograph in the evidence panel.
The evidence · each photograph beside what it provesTwelve views, two documents, one linked object.
Backstamp — PLANT · TUSCAN CHINA · Reg. No. 785452
The winged-crown mark of R.H. & S.L. Plant Ltd, Longton, with "MADE IN ENGLAND" and the registered design number printed on the piece. Rd 785452 sits between 779292 (1933) and 789019 (1934): the design was registered in 1933. A decorator's painted mark sits beside the stamp.
Trio with the oval two-handled dish
Gilt-encrusted "gold lace" decoration with engraved vermicelli texture over apple-green bands — the labour-intensive top of Plant's decorative range. Gilding bright and unbroken on the photographed surfaces.
view pending
Cream jug and sugar bowl
Observed in the cabinet and pattern-consistent with the settings; a dedicated photograph completes this slot — and is the capture that narrows the interval next. The white-and-gilt service on the lower shelf is a separate object with its own record available.
Scalloped cake plate with nested cups
The scroll-edged cake plate standing behind three nested cups on stacked saucers and side plates — the depth of the stacks consistent with a twelve-person service.
Square sandwich tray, green ring centre
The most distinctive piece in the service and the natural listing photograph. Count confirmed at the full-layout session (illustrative): twelve settings plus five serving pieces; the service was retailed without a teapot — tea poured from the family silver, as was common for gilt afternoon services of the period.
The wedding photograph — September 1939
The bride and the soldier, the groom in uniform weeks into the war. The dated origin of the service: a 1933-registered pattern given as a current pattern in 1939. The timeline checks.
The checks · ceramics profile · authority states shownEleven checks, five sources — one held open, honestly.
| Check | Source · authority state | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Maker · trade name · winged-crown mark | Backstamp photograph · maker recordAuthority-resolved | Match |
| Reg. No. 785452 on piece · 1933 registry | Backstamp photograph · British Rd tableAuthority-resolved | Match |
| Pattern family — gilt-encrusted, apple green | Trio photographAuthority-resolved | Identified |
| Serving suite (5 pieces) · pattern consistency | Cabinet photographsAuthority-resolved | Observed |
| Counted layout — twelve settings (illustrative) | Full-layout sessionAuthority-resolved | Confirmed |
| Condition — raking light, interiors (illustrative) | Full-layout session · minor gilt wear, two cup rimsAuthority-resolved | Documented |
| Teapot — service complete as retailed | Family confirmation · period retail practiceDeclared-only | Resolved |
| Origin against pattern timeline | 1933 registration vs September 1939 giftAuthority-resolved | Coherent |
| Wedding photograph — date consistency | Groom in uniform · war declared 3 Sept 1939Authority-resolved | Consistent |
| Origin corroborated — the soldier independently documented | Family graph · linked medal group (see below)Authority-resolved | Corroborated |
| Chain to present owner (mother → daughter) | Family record — will extract would formaliseDeclared-only | Open |
Why no curator flag: both primary identity keys for this category — the maker mark and the registered-design number — are authority-resolved against photographs on file. The open custody item is declared-only on a non-primary attribute; it holds the custody component at 72 and is named, but does not queue a review.
The family graph · Enrich
Each object corroborates the others; each addition strengthens the whole. The family is the institution.
Report attestation
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PCS (Provenance Confidence Score). A 0–100 measure of how well today's evidence supports this object's claimed identity and history. It scores the evidence, not the object's worth — and it is intelligence, not a certificate.
The four components. Identity match (does the object match the claimed identity), Custody & story (is the chain of ownership documented), Material integrity (do the physical signatures check out), Risk profile (registries, sanctions, encumbrances). They combine at fixed, disclosed weights: 30% · 30% · 25% · 15%.
± 4 · the 95% credible interval. The honest range around the score: given today's evidence, the true score sits between 81 and 89 with 95% confidence. Checks that have not been run do not lower the score — they widen this range. New evidence always narrows it; it may or may not move the number in the middle.
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Authority states. Authority-resolved — the value was confirmed against a named independent source (maker record, design registry) and earns full credit. Declared-only — stated in a record but not yet independently confirmed; half credit. Missing — not yet on file; no credit, wider interval.
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