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Welcome to my "online museum"! I'm attempting to one day document here a full collection of photos of all pieces produced by Royal Doulton in their gorgeous Rosslyn pattern, D5399. This is a true labour of love for me - I was lucky enough to inherit my collection from my paternal grandmother (you can also see my collection of Royal Doulton English Rose which I inherited from my maternal grandmother here!) in 1992 and have been slowly adding to it since then, filling in the gaps of missing plates and cups that had been broken over the years, and acquiring a couple of other pieces that weren't a part of her original set (although it must be said it was fairly complete so I'm really lucky).

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For those who are interested I also maintain online references to 3 other china patterns which you can jump to via the links below:

Royal Winton Tiger Lily/Honey Lily

Royal Winton Roses Transfer Ware

Royal Doulton English Rose or join the Facebook Group here

Rosslyn is a stunning Art Deco design, first issued by Royal Doulton in 1933, and featuring a cream background with orange, pink and yellow roses, green foliage and a black trim. Rosslyn was also produced in a slightly different pattern of D5095, which featured an orange trim instead of the black and slightly different shapes.

I love the elegant forms used with all of the pieces and most of all I love the memories that flood back when I use the set. My grandmother used this for all family special occasions for my father's family right up to when I was a child. I can't look at the little edged dessert bowls for example without immediately thinking of stewed fruit and ice-cream being served in them by Nanna :o) So that's a good thing - I like china with history!

I am so grateful to hear from a delightful fellow Collector named Kathy who related a fabulous little piece of Rosslyn trivia. Kathy inherited her collection from her husband's mother, who in turn had inherited it from HER mother. Her husband's mother remembers as a small child the travelling salesman coming to her home and selling the set to her mother, and she most remembers the man jumping on one of the plates to show how strong they were! I think this is fabulous (although don't try this at home, folks..!). But it's memories like this that make this whole website worth it - thanks again Kathy for letting me know. Kathy also sent me some gorgeous photos of a few pieces I didn't have in my own collection (I'm so jealous!) so be sure to check those out!

One of the things that has fascinated me most in my collecting is the comparison between my two Royal Doulton sets. From what I've been able to establish (and I hope I'm wrong!) Rosslyn seems to be far more of a "practical" set than English Rose was designed to be, in so far as there were less pieces released to begin with eg. 1 teapot design to English Rose's 8 or more) and no "decorative" pieces, e.g. pin dishes or bon-bon dishes, whatsoever. It makes me a little sad as I really love all the pretty little pieces I've gotten with English Rose and so would love the same in Rosslyn but have just never seen them.

In order to work out the history of (and sometimes date) your piece, begin by turning it over! All of mine (no doubt as most pieces are from the same original set) feature approximately the same backstamp as shown below:

A Green Royal Doulton mark with Black print reading Rosslyn D.5399. Sometimes you will also see a tiny number near the crown - for example the 10 above. Simply add this number to the year 1927 and you'll know the exact year of production - in the case of this Teacup it's 1937.

My aim here is also to help fellow collectors simply become aware of the more rare or unusual pieces that are in existence - something I'd have loved to have had access to when I started collecting as I honestly didn't know what I was looking for beyond the basic cups and plates. All photographs so far are of my own set but I'm sure (I hope!) there are still other pieces I don't yet own.

So, enjoy! I hope this site helps you with your collection and brings you as much joy and pleasure and it's brought me in creating it.