Twelve German porcelain dessert plates Meissen, late 19th century

painted with sprigs of flowers, the rims pierced with basketwork, moulded with three cartouches enclosing sprigs of flowers, heightened in gold and signed in underglaze blue; together with two porcelain serving dishes, one painted with a large fortified castle on a hill; also combined with a set of 28 Volkstedt-Rudolstadt porcelain cups, a creamer and a teapot, each painted with a stag or doe, signed in underglaze blue R; further combined with ten cut-glass bowls and six moulded dessert plates of green glass

One cup broken and repaired, another with larger hairline crack; the cover of the teapot with finial replaced, handle to creamer broken and restored; green dishes and glass bowls with chips and breaks, parts missing; one serving dish warped; overall with wear and rubbing to decoration.
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