A Sarreguemines porcelain chinoiserie part tea service, circa 1900

the printed pattern enhanced in colours, comprising: 3 pedestal dishes; 3 footed dishes; 12 rectangular dishes, 25.5 cm. wide; 48 plates; 5 bowls; 6 smaller bowls; 11 small cups; 3 egg cups; a large teapot and a cover, 25 cm. wide; 10 teapots in sizes and 8 various covers; 3 sugar bowls in sizes and 3 covers; six sugar bowls and 11 assembled covers; 6 milk jugs; 10 large cups and 25 saucers; 19 teacups and 17 saucers; 3 cylindrical jars and 4 covers; 12 pots on fixed stands and 13 covers; green shield marks; various damages (243)

Paleis Soestdijk

As specified below parts of this service have some damages (e.g. chips or cracks) from use, but this extensive service is overall in good useable condition. Most of the covers have varying sizes and are combined with other pots (some assembled). There are variations in the colours of the pattern and slight wear from use. Comprising: -Three pedestal dishes: one with a small rim loss (0.8 cm. wide); -Three footed dishes; -Twelve rectangular dishes, circa 25.5 cm. wide: one with a crack through the middle, one with a crack from border to centre; -48 plates: circa 19 with cracks and/or discolouration to the centre, one with two restuck fragments -five bowls: one with a crack to the base and to the border, one with a rim chip; -six smaller bowls: one with a crack to the base; -eleven small cups; -three egg cups: one with a restuck border fragment; -a large teapot and a cover: the teapot discoloured and with a metal repair to the extremity of the spout; -ten teapots in sizes and eight various covers: one teapot with a rim chip, three with a loss to the extremity of the spout (of which two with a crack), one with a metal repair to the spout and a crack to the base, another with a crack to the base, one with a metal repair to the spout and discoloration, one with a loss to the inner rim and a crack; of the covers one with a chip and a crack, one with a crack; - three sugar bowls in sizes and three covers: two bowls discoloured; -six sugar bowls and eleven assembled covers: two bowls with rim losses and discolouration, one with an additional crack, two with discolouration; -six milk jugs: two with a rim chip to the spout, one with a crack to the base; -ten large cups: eight with cracks; -twenty-five saucers: one with a rim chip and crack, one with a crack and discolouration; -nineteen teacups: circa seven with cracks, one with a rim chip; -seventeen saucers; -three cylindrical jars and four covers: the jars discoloured and two with a crack and rim chips; -twelve pots on fixed stands and thirteen covers: four pots with cracks to the base, one with a crack and discolouration, two covers with a crack.
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