A Chinese export porcelain armorial part dinner service circa 1800

painted with the arms of Adolpho Frederico Lindenberg, Consul General for the Hanseatic League in Lisbon, comprising: a large oval tureen and cover, an oval tureen and cover, four oval deep vegetable dishes and covers, two footed oval compotiers, three pear-shaped sauce boats and covers, four 14 1/2-inch oval platters, four 13-inch oval platters, six 12-inch oval platters, four 10 3/4-inch oval platters, forty-six dinner plates, twelve soup plates, twenty-eight salad plates, five bread and butter plates and four covers. 135 pieces.

All in good condition with minor rubbing to gilding on rims and knops, the platters with some rubbing to the gilding on the arms, except: soup tureen cover - broken in two pieces and restored. The cover is not a good fit - it drops over the rim of the tureen - it appears to originally have been the cover for a large vegetable dish tureen cover - good condition but is too large for the tureen and was originally probably a vegetable dish cover Sauceboats - all three handles are made up replacements and the restoration is badly deteriorated. Footed bowls - both have fritting to the rims One 14 inch platter has a restored rim chip and associated 3 inch haircrack One 13 inch platter has a star crack to the center One small cover has been broken into pieces and restored One bread and butter plate has a 1 inch rim chip One bread and butter plate has a half inch rim chip One dessert plate has two small rim chips Two dessert plates each have a 1/4 inch rim chip Two dinner plates each have a 2 inch rim chip Three dinner plates have restored rim chips One dinner plate has an 1/8 inch rim chip One dinner plate has a restored rim chip and short haircrack Three dinner plates are cracked across the center Two dinner plates each have a 1/4 inch rim chip Two dinner plates each have a 1/2 inch rim chip Two dinner plates each have two small rim chips One soup plate has restored rim chips
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According to David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, Volume II, p. 384 and 385, no. 380, this service was probably made for the marriage of Adolpho Lindenberg (1768-1800) of Lubeck and Wilhelmina Müler on May 31, 1800, just three and one-half months before his premature death on September 14th of that year.