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Rare Antique Paragon "Double Warrant" Bone China Teacup & Saucer, Full-Coverage White Orchid on Pink Ground, Hand-Painted, England 1930s

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  • Vintage from the 1950s
  • Materials: Ceramic
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Like a blossom suspended in spring's softest breath, this Paragon teacup and saucer set presents a botanical study in pink and gold — a little theatre of English porcelain at its most assured.

The cup's interior opens to a full-coverage orchid in creamy white and soft yellow, its ruffled petals unfurling against a shell-pink ground. The saucer echoes this bloom in equal splendour, the two pieces forming a unified composition that feels less like tableware and more like a painter's study transferred onto bone china. A graceful scrolled handle and fine gold rim complete the picture with quiet restraint.

This set bears the coveted double royal warrant — "By Appointment to H.M. The Queen & H.M. Queen Mary" — placing its manufacture firmly within the period c. 1935–1952, the most celebrated era of Paragon production. The double warrant was retired upon Queen Mary's passing in 1953 and was never reissued, making pieces from this window increasingly difficult to find in this condition.

Maker: Paragon China, England
Mark: Double Warrant — H.M. The Queen & H.M. Queen Mary
Era: c. 1935–1952
Material: Fine bone china
Decoration: Transfer-printed orchid with hand-applied colour, pink ground
Features: Gold rim, scalloped edge, scrolled gilt handle
Style: Botanical / Rococo-inspired

Condition
Excellent vintage condition throughout. No chips, cracks, or crazing. Gold trim vivid and fully intact. Artwork crisp with no fading or wear. Minor shelf wear to base consistent with age — entirely expected and in no way detracting.

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