# How Much Is Hyacinth's China Worth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-hyacinths-china-worth/655253 "2013-04-09T19:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-hyacinths-china-worth/655253/1 "2013-04-09T19:59:04Z")
You know the Royal Doulton with hand-painted periwinkles? From Keeping Up Appearances, the Britcom ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-hyacinths-china-worth/655253/2 "2013-04-09T20:23:59Z")
Googling, Hyacinth’s china set was Colclough Braganza (not sure if that’s the name of the pattern, or a brand name - apparently it was made by Royal Doulton, anyway). Googling THAT gives a bunch of pieces that look like Hyacinth’s set with prices ranging from 6-40 pounds (~C$10-62) for an individual piece to ~C$60 (~39 pounds) for a full tea service. So averaging it all up, I’d guess, ignoring Elizabeth-caused attrition, her set was worth somewhere between 100 and 200 pounds (C$155-300), which seems about right for her. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-hyacinths-china-worth/655253/3 "2013-04-11T22:19:31Z")
I just saw an episode in which Hyacinth said one of her broken cups was worth 40 Pounds. (I would make the British Pound sign, but I don’t know how.)