A Mintons porcelain part breakfast service, first half 20th century

comprising: a bowl; a deep dish and cover; three serving dishes; ten plates; eleven smaller plates; eleven small side dishes; six large saucers; four small saucers; ten egg cups; together with a 19th-century Minton part tête-à-tête; printed factory marks; overall some damages (64)

Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam

Overall in good condition with minor usual rubbing to the gilt and scratches to the glaze. The breakfast service: the cover with a minute chip (ca. 0.2 cm. wide) to the rim; one small side dish and three egg cups with small chips to the turquoise enamelling; one small and two large saucers with flaking of the turquoise enamelling, of which one also with a crack to the centre and one with a small loss (ca. 0.5 cm. wide) to the rim; the bowl and three egg cups with a hairline crack to the upper border. The tête-à-tête including: a two-handled tray, 40.8 cm. wide, a sugar bowl and cover, a cream jug, two saucers, impressed date marks for 1867 and 1868. The tray with a chip (ca. 0.4 and 0.5 cm. wide) to each ribbon; the milk jug with a replaced foot.
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