A Chodau and Schlaggenwald porcelain part dinner service, first half 20th century

the borders printed in black with a beaded line alternating flower heads suspending foliate garlands, some items enriched in gilt, comprising: 7 small tureens and 2 covers; 12 soup pots and 6 covers in sizes; 22 sauceboats in sizes; 9 footed bowls; an oblong dish, 35.7 cm. wide; 5 oval dishes; 17 deep dishes in sizes; 18 soup plates; 8 dinner plates; 20 dessert plates; various green factory marks; various green factory marks, retailer's mark Gebr. Soek, den Haag; damages (127)

Paleis Soestdijk

Overall with some usual wear to the decoration and slight scratches to the glaze from use. -The cover of one of the pair of small tureens with the finial lacking and large rim chip. -One extra small tureen with a chip to the upper rim, one with a loss to the foot. -One soup pot (without cover) with a star crack to the base and another with a rim chip and related border crack. -Three smaller sauceboats with a chip to the upper rim and one with a chip and a loss. One sauceboat of larger size with two chips to the upper rim and another with a chip to the rim of the stand. -The oval dishes with some more wear to the enamels, two with losses to the foot rim. -One footed bowl with a chip to the underside of the upper rim, one with a rim chip and a crack to the border and another with a rim chip and two cracks to the border. -Circa three soup plates with a star crack to the centre. -One dinner plate with a star crack to the centre and one with a small chip to the underside of the rim. -One dessert plate with heavy wear to the black enamel, one with a rim chip, circa eight with star crack to centre, of which five with additional small chips to the reverse of the rim.
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Used by Koningin Juliana in the mourning period after the death of Koningin-moeder Wilhelmina (1962).