A Meissen part tea and coffee service circa 1750-60

each  piece painted with a vignette of soldiers in a landscape against a ground scattered with flowers,comprising; a coffee pot and cover, a teapot and cover, milk jug, sugar bowl and cover, two small fluted dishes, tea caddy and cover with gilt mounts, two coffee cups, four teacups, five saucers ( one saucer restored, minor chips and wear)

Coffee pot and cover- chip to foot, approx. ½in. by ¼in. Minor nicks to flower finial. Teapot and cover- good condition. Milk jug- minor flaking to green enamel Sugar bowl and cover- small chips to flower finial. Minor wear to gilding Two fluted dishes- good condition. Tea caddy and cover- chips to finial Two coffee cups- one with small chip to handle. Some wear to gilt rims Four teacups- overall in good condition with some wear to the gilt rims Five saucers- one with large area of restoration to the rim. One with shallow chip to rim. Two with chips to footrims. Some wear to gilding and enamels
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