A Paris or Brussels porcelain part coffee service, first half 19th century

comprising: a coffee pot and cover, 25 cm. high; a sugar pot and cover; a tea canister and stopper; a slop bowl; ten cups in two sizes; inv. no. 4-441; wear gilding, some chips (17)

Paleis Soestdijk, Kanonnenkamer (Cannon Room)

The cover of the sugar pot with indistinct red inscription '109h MA', the base of the sugar pot and flask with an incised numeral. Overall in good condition, with some usual rubbing to the gilding. The coffee pot with wear to the gilding of the upper rim and the lower gilt border of the body with scratches. The cups with some more wear to the gilded inner borders and gilt leaves. One cup with a chip to the upper rim, and a chip to the underside of the foot rim.
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Illustrated on p. 125 of the printed catalogue.