An English porcelain 'Active Union' part dinner service circa 1820

comprising: two urn-form footed sauce tureens, covers and stands, a lozenge-shaped dish, three shell-shaped dishes and ten plates. 20 pieces.

Two urn-form footed sauce tureens, covers and stands: One sauce tureen has an approximate 3-inch crack running down the side of the rim. The other has several very short haircracks running down the rim. One cover has two 2-inch haircracks running down the knop. One stand has an extended haircrack running down the side of the rim and across the center and curving around the foot. The other has a haircrack running across the center and several haricracks running down the side of the rim, one of which curves around the cavetto. Lozenge-shaped dish: good condition Three shell-shaped dishes: One has a haircrack running across the base. Another has an approximate 1-inch discolored haircrack running down the rim and some very minor crazing. Ten plates: Some minor scratching or flaking to the enamels in the center consistent with use. One with a short haircrack to the footrim. One with several very short haircracks running down the rim. One with an approximate 1 1/2-inch haircrack running down the rim. One with an approximate 2 1/2 by 1/2 inch starcrack to the center and an associated minuscule rimchip. One with two discolored 1 1/2 inch haircracks running down the rim and a 1-inch haircrack to the cavetto and a further extended starcrack running across the center of the plate.
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