FOR SALE IS SET OF (8) ROYAL DOULTON SAUCERS MEASURING 5.5" DIAMETER.  ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH EXCEPTION OF JUST ONE THAT HAS HAIRLINE CRACK AS SEEN IN LAST 2 PHOTOS ( ACTUALLY LOOKS MORE LIKE A SLIGHT STAIN BUT AS IT APPEARS ON TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES I ASSUME IT IS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ALTHOUGH IT IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH.. THESE ARE HANDPAINTED SO POSSIBLY COULD BE A FLAW OF PAINT ) .. EACH SAUCER IS " HAND SIGNED IN INK " RA8500 ABOVE H180.  ALSO BEARS THE ROYAL DOULTON STAMP WITH LION ATOP CROWN ABOVE ROYAL DOULTON ENGLAND LOGO.  BENEATH THE STAMP IS A DIFFERENT COLOR STAMP READS ARTHUR A EVERTS CO. DALLAS .  FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ROBERT ALLEN WAS AN ARTIST FOR ROYAL DOULTON BURSLEM WHO SIGNED HIS PIECES WITH HIS INITIALS "RA" AND THE NUMBERS INDICATING DATES, ETC.  ESTIMATED DATES OF THESE PIECES WOULD BE 1914-1917.  IN ADDITION TO THE INFO I HAVE DESCRIBED ON THE BOTTOM OF THESE SAUCERS THERE IS ALSO AN IMPRINTED NUMBER THAT IS HARD TO READ BUT I BELIEVE IT TO INDICATE 1917.   I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE NAME OF THE DESIGN / PATTERN .. POSSIBLY VERY RARE..