An assembled Chamberlain's Worcester and Derby Imari part dinner and dessert service circa 1820

comprising: a circular soup tureen, cover and stand, two vegetable dishes and covers, a 20 1/4-inch oval platter, an 18 1/2-inch oval platter, two 12 1/2-inch oval platters, two 10 1/4-inch oval platters, two sauce tureens, covers and four stands, twenty-five dinner plates, twenty-seven soup plates, twenty-four 9 1/4-inch dessert plates, twelve 8 3/4-inch dessert plates, twelve 8-inch dessert plates and thirteen salad plates, crowned crossed batons mark in red script or printed Chamberlain's Worcester & 155 New Bond Street London marks in red to most. 134 pieces.

There is some overall very minor and occasional wear to the gilding. All in good condition, EXCEPT: Vegetable dishes and covers: One cover has very minor discoloration and crazing. 20 1/4-inch oval platter: a very small chip to the footrim. 18 1/2-inch oval platter: several minor chips to the footrim. Dinner plates: Some occasional very minor crazing and some scratches to the enamels consistent with use; saeven plates, each with one or two small chips to the footrim. Soup plates: One has a tiny flat chip to the rim edge, that has been painted and gilded over and is not very disfiguring as well as two tiny chips to the footrim. One wioth a 1-inch haircrack running down the rim. Three, each with one or few minuscule chips to the footrim. 9 1/4-inch dessert plates:One with an extended haircrack running halfway around the footrim; one with a 1-inch restored chip to the rim. Another plate has an approximate 2-nch restored chip to the footrim. Three plates, each with a chip to the footrim, approximately measuring 1/2- 1-inches. 8 3/4-inch dessert plates: one with a 1-inch haircrack to the footrim. Three, each with one or two tiny chips to the footrim. One has an approximate 2-inch crack running down the rim and another 2-inch haircrack at the footrim. Salad plates: One with a tiny chip to the footrim; another with a 1-inch haircrack running down the rim.
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