Royal Albert Teddy Bear Tales An Evening at Home Bone China Plate

At 21.5 cm wide, this Royal Albert Teddy Bear Tales An Evening at Home bone china plate, dated 1994 and featuring Christine Thwaites' gentle storybook artwork of teddy bears settling in for the evening, has the warm, intimate charm of the best English character china, the soft bedroom scene and the quality of the Royal Albert bone china giving the plate a decorative refinement that suits both display and gifting.

Made by Royal Albert of Stoke-on-Trent in 1994 under licence from the artist Christine Thwaites, this plate is part of the Teddy Bear Tales series, a range of decorative bone china plates featuring Thwaites' original illustrations of teddy bears in domestic and garden settings. An Evening at Home, which depicts teddy bears in a warm bedroom setting as they settle in for the evening, is one of the most intimate and charming subjects in the Teddy Bear Tales series, the domestic warmth of the scene giving the plate an emotional resonance that the outdoor subjects cannot quite match. The Royal Albert bone china body, with its characteristic translucency and fine white surface, provides an ideal ground for the soft, detailed illustration style that characterises Thwaites' work, and the quality of the Royal Albert ceramic printing gives the plate the refinement and clarity that the Wedgwood name guarantees. The piece is in very good condition throughout.

• Maker: Royal Albert, Stoke-on-Trent, England
• Series: Teddy Bear Tales
• Subject: An Evening at Home
• Artist: Christine Thwaites
• Dimensions: 1 cm (H) x 21.5 cm (W)
• Condition: Very Good
• Features: Soft storybook teddy bear bedroom scene, Royal Albert bone china
• Dated: 1994
• SKU: SKU-00233

A delightful Royal Albert character plate for the collector of English nursery china. Pairs naturally with The Picnic (SKU-00232) and the wider Royal Albert collection.