Stanley Orchard fruits fine bone china, cups saucers and plates

  

This is an exquisite rare and highly collectable, Stanley Orchard fruits design, fine bone china tea set from the 1950s. It comprises of 5 cups, 5 saucers and 6 plates.

Each piece has a summer fruits design enhanced by a gold leaf pattern gilt handle, rim and foot of the cups, plates and saucers. There is a small crack in the glazing inside one of the cups but not on the out side of the cup (see photo).