A Worcester dessert tureen, cover and ladle and a dish circa 1775-80

decorated in Sevres style, the tureen, cover and ladle with the 'Earl Manvers' pattern of festoons of berried leaves around large puce scrolls,  the ladle with a pink fruit spray, and a shell-shaped dish with the 'Hop Trellis' pattern with blue ground and inner turquoise caillouté ground borders

The tureen, cover and ladle have a little minor rubbing to the gilding rims. The cover also has a shallow rim chip approximately 3mm wide. The tureen base has a short crack, possibly a firing crack through the footrim. Also both shell handles each have a very small rim chip. The dish has a little rubbing to the gilded ribbons and to the gilded ribbons binding the hop staves. There is also a shallow rim chip opposite the handle approximate 3mm wide and a very shallow chip or firing flaw to the rim approximately 5mm long.
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