The Collectibles Journal

Antique English Imari bone china in cobalt blue, iron-red and gilt, including Royal Crown Derby and Coalport cups and saucers, arranged on a wooden sideboard

Royal Crown Derby: A Collector’s Guide to Imari Patterns

Tania Knoetze
Royal Crown Derby has painted Imari patterns for more than two hundred years. The article traces the factory’s history, the Arita origin of the palette, backstamp and year-cypher dating, and the related English makers whose Imari-style wares built the wider collecting field.