A Meissen porcelain floral part dinner service, circa 1765-70

comprising: a two-handled oval tureen and cover with putto finial, 35.7 cm. wide; a two-handled stand, 44.2 cm. wide; a large spoon; a pair of ecuelles, covers with figural finials and stands; a two-handled double lipped sauceboat; a large deep circular dish, 43.5 cm. diam.; two circular dishes in sizes; five dishes in sizes; sixteen deep plates; twenty-five dinner plates; two pairs of bowls in sizes; together with a pair of bowls with ozier-border; and a Marcolini shaped deep bowl; blue crossed swords and dot marks; chips and minor damages (67)

Paleis Lange Voorhout, Paleis Noordeinde

Overall with minor usual rubbing to the gilding and slight wear to the enamels. -The cover of the oval tureen with minor usual chips to the extremities of the applied flowers. -The spoon with two very small firing frits to the rim. -The ecuelle cover with lady finial: broken in half and repaired with metal rivets; three rims chips; the lady broken at her waist and repaired with a metal pin; her right arm and the flowers in her left hand lacking. -The male finial of the other cover with usual minor chips to the extremities of the branches. -One ecuelle stand broken in half and repaired with metal rivets. -The sauceboat with two feet chipped. -The two circular dishes: one (38.6 cm. diam.) with a rim chip (ca. 2 cm. wide); and one (34.8 cm. diam.) with a rim chip (ca. 0.9 cm. wide). -The five dishes (one 29.7 cm. diam. and four circa 26 cm. diam.): one with a tiny rim chip (ca. 0.2 cm. wide); one with a chip to the foot rim (ca. 2 cm. wide); one with a chipped section of the foot rim (ca. 3 cm. wide). -The 16 deep plates (ca. 23 cm. diam.): one with a rim chip (ca. 1 cm. wide); one with a rim chip (ca. 1.5 cm. wide) and a chip to the foot rim; one with two rim chips; one with a hairline crack to the border (ca. 3.5 cm.). -The 25 dinner plates (ca. 23.8 cm. diam.): seven with a rim chip (ca. 1 cm. wide); one with a shallow rim chip (ca. 2.5 cm. wide); one with three rim chips; four with rim chips and chips to the foot rim; one with a foot rim chip; one with a rim chip (ca. 1 cm. wide) issuing a border crack (ca. 2.5 cm.) and with a chip to the foot rim; one with two rim chips and a hairline crack to the center; one with two rim chips (ca. 1.5 cm. wide) issuing a border hairline crack and with a hairline crack from border to center. -Two bowls (28.2 cm. diam.): one with a hairline crack (ca. 2.5 cm.) to the border. -Two bowls (25 cm. diam.): one with two rim chips (0.5 and 0.9 cm. wide); one with a hairline crack (ca. 3 cm. ) to the border. -Two bowls with ozier-border (21 cm. diam.): one with three rim chips (ca. 0.6, 0.8 and 1.2 cm. wide). -The deep shaped bowl (25.5 cm. diam.) with a brown hairline crack to the base and a bruise to the foot rim. Please note that of the three pairs of bowls the two largest pairs have the same spiralling neu-ozier pattern as the other parts of this service, and only the smallest pair has the differing ozier-pattern.
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Illustrated on pp. 57 and 215 of the printed catalogue.