I have a dessert set and several other pieces that match. Alfred Keates painted these, and signed the 9 dessert plates (7 1/2" plates), and the 8 cups, as well as the coffee pot. The other pieces match but are not signed. They are painted with orange blossoms and heavy gold trim and some outlines. They also have a wide rosey blush tint painted nesrest the gold edges that blends into white. I know Keates was famous for his florals. He painted for the Pickard Studios from 1903-1910 and went out on his own after until 1934 when he retired. The cups and saucers are on J & S Jsolde blanks. The dessert plates are Thomas Sevres. The other pieces, with the exception of the sugar basket are all done on Rosenthal. I can't read the markings on the bottom of the sugar basket, as it's too faded. But it looks like it was originally a reddish brown shield with writing below in a curve.
Condition: 9 plates, 8 cups, and 9 saucers: Excellent No crazing, chips, cracks or gold loss I can see.
Coffee pot: Missing iid, 2 chips inside rim, gold loss.
Sugar basket, trinket plate: minimum gold loss, no chips, cracks, crazing
Cream & sugar: Gold loss on handles, no chips, cracks, crazing.
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Re: Alfre Keates signed china
Sugar and creamer: gold loss on handles and sugar lid, no crazing, chips, or cracks.