A Sèvres porcelain blue-ground part tea service, circa 1884

comprising: an oval tray, 44.7 cm. wide; a teapot and cover; a milk jug; a sugar bowl and cover, RF DORE A SEVRES 84 stencil mark in red; together with a Paris porcelain blue-ground ornithological cream jug and sugar bowl and cover; and a green-ground vase, 19 cm. high (10)

Paleis Soestdijk

The Sèvres porcelain: in good condition, with minor usual rubbing to the gilding. The Paris porcelain (with incised D): some wear to the gilding, the milk jug with a loss to the extremity of the upper border. The green-ground vase with some usual losses to the flower extremities.
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