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A Meissen composite part dinner and dessert service, circa 1900

Lot Closed

August 12, 01:39 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Meissen composite part dinner and dessert service, circa 1900


painted with scattered sprigs of garden flowers, the tureens with finials formed as kneeling putti holding cornucopia issuing fruits, with moulded and gilt handles and shaped gilt-lined rims, blue crossed swords marks and Pressnummern and incised numerals, comprising:

an oval soup tureen and cover,

three similar circular vegetable tureens and covers,

a pair of oval sauce tureens, covers and fixed stands, 

a square salad bowl, 

two circular serving dishes,

three oval serving dishes, 

a shell moulded twin sweetmeat dish,

ten soup plates,

twelve dinner plates,

four similar slightly smaller dinner plates, 

seven luncheon plates,

three bread and butter plates,

ten side plates, 

four cake plates,

four cylindrical coffee cans and saucers,

and a twin salt with ring handle

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