Bidspirit auction | A St Michael Fine Bone

A St Michael Fine Bone China Melrose Pattern Dinner Service - A comprehensive dinner and tea service manufactured in the United Kingdom from fine bone china. The service features a spiral-molded fluted relief body decorated with the Melrose pattern, consisting of floral sprays with pink roses, purple violets, and yellow flowers amidst green foliage. Each piece is finished with a pink-coloured line at the rim. The set includes a large lidded tureen of lobed form with a scrolling handle finial, a tall coffee pot, a teapot, a lidded sugar bowl, two cream jugs of varying sizes, a gravy boat with a matching underplate, a pair of salt and pepper shakers, and an assortment of dinner plates, side plates, bowls, cups, and saucers. The bases of the pieces bear a printed mark in brown ink reading MELROSE, FINE BONE CHINA, MADE IN THE U.K., 2605, and the cursive brand name St Michael.