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We finished yesterday at our Patrons Home Gatcombe Park. HRH Princess Anne didn’t get back in time, but sent her lovely husband Sir Timothy Lawrence along to see us all.

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In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a vintage bone china teacup and saucer made in England by Princess Anne and sold as a Valentine's Day gift.   A prominent pink heart bearing the message "For My Sweetheart" is surrounded by forget-me-nots and blue ribbon, plus pink and yellow roses and bluebirds on a white background accented with gold trim. The scallop-edged shape was very common in the 1950s. The motifs are replete with meaning that would have been well understood at the time, especially roses as symbols of love, and the bluebird representing happiness.

“For My Valentine” fine bone china cup and saucer by Princess Anne China, a brand of the English company Shore & Coggins.

Teacup and saucer sets were very popular collectibles, primarily with women, from the post World War II era into the 1960s. Shore & Coggins produced fine bone china, offering full sets of dinnerware as well as giftware under the brand name Princess Anne China at their Edensor Works on New Street (renamed Greendock Street in the 1950s) in Stoke-on-Trent, from the late 1940s until 1966. Ridgeway Potteries then acquired the name and continued producing bone china under this brand through the 1980s.

Sweet old-fashioned motifs representing love and happiness adorn this charming vintage cup and saucer.

Princess Anne . Anne, Princess Royal, (forenames:Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise) was born on 15 August 1950) . Anne is the second child & only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. . Anne is known for her high-profile charity work, which involves her patronage of more than 300 organisations – many of which aim to improve transport & health in developing countries, & the well-being & education of children. . In her youth, Anne was known for her equestrianism: she won two silver medals (1975) & one gold medal (1971) at the European Eventing Championships. She is the first member of the British royal family to have competed in the Olympic Games.