A Paris porcelain part dinner service circa 1806-1816

each piece painted with a fruit or nut specimen within the gilt-edged rim, comprising: a sauce tureen, cover and fixed stand, two circular tazzas, four shell-shaped dishes, four octagonal dishes and twenty-nine dinner plates, Lefebvre rue amelot no 64 a Paris marks in script to most. 41 pieces.

Sauce tureen, cover and fixed stand: good condition. Two circular tazzas: Some very minor wear to gilding along the rim edges. Four shell-shaped dishes: Some minor wear to gilding. One has an approximate 2 by 1.5 inch starcrack to the base. Another has an approximate 1/4-inch chip below the rim of the handle and an associated minuscule flat chip to the edge of the handle. Four octagonal dishes: Some occasional wear to the gilding along the rim edges. Otherwise in good condition. Twenty-nine dinner plates: Some very minor and coocasional wear to the gilding along the rim edges. Three plates, each with a riveted restored area at the rim, measuring approximately 5-inches by two inches. One plate with an 1/5-inch rim chip. Another plate with a restored area at the rim, measuring approximately 3 by 1 inches, issuing a short fine haircrack running parallel to the cavetto area.
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