A Little Bobby Drizzler

It’s a pretty miserable day here, cold, windy and wet but I still ventured out early this morning to the Sandon boot sale having discovered it was on.

I didn’t expect too much and unsurprisingly there were only about two dozen stalls there today and not so many buyers but I still found some interesting things.

In fact I only bought off the one seller but a number of items. First a couple of pieces of old Royal Crown Derby which I paid £2 for and promptly sold to another stallholder for £6 (I bought him a cup of coffee as a gesture of goodwill).

Next a Royal Doulton Carnation part dinner service in varying condition for £12 (about 40 pieces). I bought this because I already have a dinner service in this pattern but I wanted the bowls. The rest will get sold when I stall out next spring.

But the two things I am most pleased with are here:

The cup and saucer are 19th century Spode and the backstamp dates them to about 1840. The set’s in lovely condition and cost me just £1. It’s joining my collection but if I did decide to sell it I would hope to get £20-£30.

The mug (not me!) is a Royal Doulton King Edward VII coronation cup from 1902 and is also in very good condition. It cost me just 50p. That said it’s not particularly valuable as these were produced in large numbers and I’ll probably add it to my collection until I decide what to do with it.

Do I really need any of this crockery? No; I really need this crockery.