A Staffordshire blue and white earthenware part dinner service mid 19th century,

transfer printed with the `Hawthorn' pattern, comprising:
four vegetable tureens and two covers,
a two-handled bowl,
two sauce tureens, covers and stands,
a gravy boat and a stand,
a cheese stand,
an oval serving dish,
twenty-four dinner plates ( some damage)

4 vegetable tureens; all have some staining. 2 are cracked. 2 covers; both knops have been repaired. One cover has rim chips two-handled bowl; chip to footrim. 2 sauce tureens; 1 has some staining. 2 covers; good condition. 2 stands; good condition gravy boat and stand; both with chips. cheese stand; haircrack and stained. serving dish; large crack to rim and stained. 24 plates; all have rim chips. Some with staining.
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