An assembled Worcester, Chamberlain's Worcester and Coalport 'Dragons in Compartments' part dinner and dessert service late 18th/early 19th century

comprising: two ice pails, liners and covers, a 16 1/4-inch oval platter, a dodecagonal oval dish, four 11 1/2-inch lozenge-shaped dishes, two 9 1/4-inch shaped oval dishes, two shell-shaped dishes, a kidney-shaped dish, a heart-shaped dish, a quatrefoil cruet stand with four emplacements, a scallop-edged bowl, two sauce tureens, covers and ladles, nine 9 1/2-inch plates, a 9 1/4-inch soup plate, four 8 1/2-inch plates, two 8 3/4-inch scallop-edged plates, seven 7 3/4-inch scallop-edged plates, a 7 1/4-inch plate, an oval teapot and cover, a teapot stand, a milk jug, a waste bowl, four teabowls and a later similarly decorated footed oval compote, one scallop-edged plate with a fret mark, the kidney-shaped dish and soup plate with Chamberlain's Worcester 75 mark. 62 pieces.

Christie's, New York, January 24, 2001, lots 107 and 108 (part)

There are some minor occasional wear to the gilt rims. Ice pail, liner and cover: The cover of one cooler has a very minor rim chip. Dodecagonal dish has a minor flat rim chip. Lozenge-shaped dishes: One has been broken in several pieces and poorly restored back. Shell-shaped dishes: Both have some restoration to the handles. Cruet stand has been broken through one end and restored back. Sauce tureens, covers and ladles: One handle of each tureen is restored. 9 1/2-inch plates: One plate has a 2 1/2-inch haircrack extending from a factory-related crack to the foot rim. 9 1/4-inch soup plate has a minor starcrack to the center. 7 3/4-inch scallop-edged plate: One has two very minor very fine hair/glaze cracks to the center. Another with an approximate 3/4-inch rim chip. 7 1/4-inch plate has a minor fine haircrack across the center and a second one extending from the cavetto to the foot rim. Oval teapot has a haircrack to the rim edge and a 1-inch flat chip to the edge of the cover mostly to its underside, but apparent for about 1/8-inch on the edge. Tea bowls: One has a small fine haircrack running down the rim. Another has a tiny rim chip.
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