A Meissen polychrome and gilt painted coffee service Biedermeier, circa 1830

painted with floral cartouches reserved against a cobalt blue ground, comprising: twelve cups and saucers, an associated coffeepot and cover, a sugarbowl and cover, a milk jug, and a slop bowl 

In overall good condition with some minor rubbing to the gilding and minor light surface srcatching; one saucer with minor shallow chip to underside rim, three saucers probably associated, one cup with hairline crack running down from the rim, the coffeepot KPM, associated, and with re-gilt restorations to handle and spout.
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