A Paris or Brussels porcelain blue-ground floral part tea service, late 19th century

comprising: a teapot and cover, 27 cm. wide; a cream jug; a large pot and cover; a slop bowl; three plates; 17 cups and 20 saucers; damages and wear (46)

Paleis Soestdijk

Overall with some wear to the gilding. The teapot with a metal mount to the spout, a crescent-shaped crack along the body, a horizontal crack to the lower part of the handle, the cover with restuck finial. The cream jug with the lacking handle replaced by a metal handle, with related scratches. The large pot with the two handles lacking (the spots painted blue), the cover with a small loss to the finial. Three cups with a crack and a small rim loss (one a related small restuck fragment), one with a crack, one with two cracks, one with two small rim losses and the handle restuck, one with a restuck handle, three with lacking handle. One saucer with a star-crack, one with a rim chip.
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