Lot 6
  • 6

A ROYAL WORCESTER GREEN-BORDERED PART DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE 1926-30

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
painted with flower clusters by various artists, signed, and printed in gilding, comprising: nineteen dinner plates, sixteen two-handled soup cups and stands, sixteen small side plates, five square cake plates, sixteen teacups and saucers and fifteen coffee cups and saucers, printed factory marks and date codes. Together with twelve Dresden porcelain place cards, printed factory marks. 146 pieces.

Condition

Varying degrees of crazing to the glaze, typical of this type of bone china body. Otherwise generally good condition, except as noted below. One soup cup has a riveted havdle and a small minor stracrack. Two soup cups each have a haircrack across the center. One soup cup has two fine haircracks to its side. One coffee cup has a crack down the side. One dinner plate has a 2 1/2-in. haircrack to the rim; another has a a 2 1/2-in haircrack to the rim and a large fine starcrack across the center.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.