AN ASSEMBLED VINCENNES AND SEVRES BLUE LAPIS-GROUND PART TEA SERVICE 1753-58

each piece colorfully painted with birds in flight within panels edged with gilt floral and foliate borders reserved on a bleu lapis ground, comprising: a teapot and cover, a footed milk jug, two sugar bowls and covers, a waste bowl, ten cups and saucers, interlaced L's, date letters A, B, C, D or E and various decorators' marks.

Teapot Date (date letter B): very minor, tiny pinhead chip to the tip of the spout and a minor chip to one leaf of the floral knop. Milk jug (date letter B): good condition. Larger sugar bowl (date letter B): some very minor light scratch marks to the blue ground. Smaller sugar bowl: some minor wear to the gilt rim of the bowl and a tiny chip to the tip of one leaf of the knop. Bowl (date letter C): good condition. Eight cups (date letters A, B, C, D, E): one cup has a little very minor rubbing to the gilt rim; otherwise all in generally good condition. Two taller cups (date letters B, C): good condition. Saucers (date letters A, B, C): one has a 1-in. haircrack to the rim; one has wear to the gilt rim and the the gilding to the central panel's border; one has an extremely minor 3-mm chip to the footrim. Otherwise all are in generally good condition.
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.