Royal Albert Old Country Roses 20-Piece Dinnerware Set

This Classic item is worth repurchasing.

Got this for my lovely wife, Linda, for Christmas. She already has setting for eight people, but needed four more settings for our family Christmas dinner. "Royal Albert" arrived on time, except I had to force Linda to open it Christmas Eve so we could wash and get them set down properly (like Downton Abbey?) before the kids and grand-kids arrived the next morning. Made Linda and I feel like Britain Aristocracy, sipping our coffee with cups edged with 22 carat-gold, using a saucer edged with 22 carat-gold also to support the cup. We even got a picture of me in my long undies trying the imitate "aristocracy" while having coffee. One of the large plates was broken when arrived due to careless handling. We used the smaller plates for the grand-kids so there was no real disaster. When we advised Amazon the next day of the broken plate, we thought they would just send us another one. Instead they sent a complete new set with instructions to return the "old" set along with the broken dish. We also sent a note and advised that placing a bunch of FRAGILE---GLASS stickers on the outside would help. There was nothing on the packing box to indicate that the contents were fragile. Anyway, Linda has a beautiful, gorgeous set of "Old Country Roses" Dinnerware that she has placed in a china cabinet that gives her great comfort to look at while in the kitchen. Thank you Amazon... you made me look good again! Ye Olde Road Warrior

Excellent

The media could not be loaded. The set is beautiful but very delicate. One of the saucers was broken when it arrived. I wish it came with a teapot. Otherwise. It is lovely. So far I have this set minus 1 saucer and the spoons my husband bought for mother's day.

My wife was dreaming of this set of china for a very long time. The fact that there are so many complementary sets to go with it means that over time it can be turned into a very complete set of special occasion china that can be handed down through multiple generations. It's also nice that individual pieces can be purchased to replace the occasional broken piece.My only criticism is with how the china is packed. The packing is not very good and of the two sets we purchased, one of them had a broken teacup. Amazon was very good about sending out a new set right away, however, it came with a broken saucer so I had to mix and match between the two broken sets to get one complete set and then ship back the broken set. The only trouble for me was just having to swap pieces and take the broken set to the UPS store to ship back to Amazon. However, it would probably save Amazon quite a bit in replacement expense not to mention improve the customer experience, if the packaging was better designed to protect the china through any rough handling. This would include individually wrapping teacups and plate stacks in paper/bubble wrap and slipping a piece of cardboard between each plate.

We received it almost all of the products are broken. This product is very expensive and sad to see that this happened. Most of it are broken.

I mailed back a cup that was delivered broken it’s been months and I still haven’t received my replacement

I ❤️ my Royal Albert china,I saw this in a pt's home,and I fell so in love,i,am gonna buy everything that comes with this set,it is drop dead beautiful and I will cherish it.