The Silver Maple pattern by Royal Albert is a quietly elegant expression of nature-inspired design: gentle grey maple-leaf motifs scatter around the rim of fine English bone china, offset with a warm gold gilt trim and offered in the company’s Hampton/Malvern shapes. According to pattern registers, this design is listed as produced from roughly 1975 to 1991 (though some listings suggest earlier manufacture in the UK).
The motif is deliberately subtle — the grey leaves evoke the soft silvery tones of early dusk or the quiet fall of leaf-shadow across white china. The gold edging brings a refined highlight, ensuring the set feels polished but not ostentatious. It’s a pattern that can serve both for refined tea service and approachable daily use.
As a dinner service, Silver Maple blends the English tradition of fine bone-china craftsmanship with a motif that nods toward natural forms more than floral flourish. Collectors appreciate it for its moderate rarity (as a discontinued line) and for the condition-sensitive gilt trim and leaf design that must remain crisp.
And now, when worn as a pendant, Silver Maple carries with it more than a scatter of silvery leaves and gilt edging—it carries the memory of soft-lit tea moments, afternoons paused in conversation, and the calm comfort of table settings that “just fit.” Worn close to the heart, it becomes a tiny, wearable echo of home.