A Paris (Nast) porcelain dinner service, circa 1785-1835

various similar gilt patterns, centred with a rosette, the rim with a frieze or stylised flowers, anthemion leaves, palmettes or formal ornament, comprising: 73 dessert plates, 50 dinner plates, 10 soup plates, 3 double mustard pots on stand (2 with covers), 3 sauce tureens on stand and covers, 1 soup tureen and cover, one sauce boat, 10 pots and covers, 10 pierced bowls on stem and 8 stands, 23 serving dishes in sizes and forms.

Some minor wear to gilding overall. One bowl has some chips to footrim. One oval pierced bowl and stand, there is a chip to the foot of the bowl One circular bowl has extensive wear to gilding One sauce tureen, cover and fixed stand has restoration to the rim of the cover One dinner plate has a shallow chip to the underside of the rim One shell shaped dish has been broken into several pieces and repaired One pierced footed stand has damage to the pierced border Three dessert plates have a hairline crack One pieced stand has a chip to the footrim One dessert plate has a chip to the rim One dinner plate has a chip to the rim One pierced basket has two hairline cracks One double mustard pot on fixed stands is missing its liners and covers One large pierced oval basket and stand has some minor glaze crazing to the stand One soup tureen and cover has a restored handle Full piece count: 74 dessert plates 49 dinner plates 10 soup plates 3 double mustard pots on fixed stands, 2 with covers, 2 sauce tureens and covers on fixed stands Sauceboat 8 custard cups and covers and additional cover 2 oval serving dishes 4 shell shaped dishes 1 pierced footed stand 2 tall pierced footed baskets 1 soup tureen and cover 2 small pots and covers 2 three sided dishes 4 large dishes in different sizes 6 octagonal bowls 1 oval pierced bowl 1 oval pierced bowl and stand 1 circular pierced bowl 5 circular bowls 4 circular pierced stands 1 lozenge shaped stand 4 pierced baskets 1 large oval pierced basket and stand 1 oval stand 3 pierced stands
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