Name: ROYAL CROWN DERBY- BLUE MIKADO (c.1914)- MUFFIN DISH and LID- RARE! EXCELLENT!
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Price: 259.00 USD
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ROYAL CROWN DERBY- BLUE MIKADO (c.1914)- MUFFIN DISH and LID- RARE! EXCELLENT!

$259.00

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A LOVELY, AND RARE, MUFFIN DISH AND COVER FROM ROYAL CROWN DERBY IN THEIR POPULAR BLUE MIKADO PATTERN. THE BACK STAMP, WITH YEAR CYPHER MARK, DATES IT TO 1914.

THE MIKADO** IS AN OLD TERM REFERRING TO THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, AND ALSO, TITLE OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS — FIRST PERFORMED IN 1885; THE CROWN DERBY PATTERN IS PROBABLY A TESTAMENT TO IT.

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ROYAL CROWN DERBY- BLUE MIKADO (c.1914)- MUFFIN DISH and LID- RARE! EXCELLENT!

THE MUFFIN DISH AND COVER ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, APPEAR RARELY USED …… PROBABLY SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIFE IN THE DISPLAY CABINET. THERE ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS, OR CRAZING. THE GILT IS GREAT ! THE EDGE OF THE DISH IS SCALLOPED WITH 6 SCALLOPS.

THE MUFFIN DISH MEASURES 8 5/8 INCHES ACROSS THE RIM, AND STANDS 1 1/2 INCHES IN HEIGHT AT THE RIM; TOGETHER STANDING 4 1/4 INCHES TO THE LID HANDLE.

WHAT A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR ANTIQUE COLLECTION OR TO YOUR BLUE MIKADO SET. AND AS ALWAYS. DO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS TIME GOES BY, FEWER OF THESE FINE PIECES WILL BE AROUND.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

“”””THE MIKADO OF JAPAN opera is about Nanki-Poo, the runaway son of the Mikado (Emperor) fleeing a forced marriage; disguised as a traveling musician, meets and falls in love with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to her guardian, Ko-Ko, a tailor and newly appointed executioner whose first “customer” is himself for flirting. It is a comedy with themes of death and cruelty, dealt with by humour and understatement, and ending in laughter, song, and dance.

….. click onto any picture or click on the slide show …..