ROYAL CROWN DERBY BLUE MIKADO (c.1916)- RIM SOUP BOWL (s)- 6 SCALLOPS! EXCELLENT!!

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ROYAL CROWN DERBY BLUE MIKADO (c.1916)-  RIM SOUP BOWL (s)-  6 SCALLOPS! EXCELLENT!!

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.

THE RIM SOUP BOWLS 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 BOWLS MEASURE  8 1/8  INCHES ACROSS THE RIM AND STAND  1 1/8 INCHES IN HEIGHT.  THE RIM IS 1 1/8 INCHES WIDE

WHAT A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR ANTIQUE SOUP BOWL 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. 

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