A collection of Ludwigsburg porcelain ornithological service-ware, circa 1765-70

painted with studies of birds perching in branches, comprising a teapot and cover, a tureen, cover and stand, a slop bowl, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, four teacups and nine saucers, blue crowned interlaced C marks,

1 saucer: cracked 1 saucer: chipped at rim three teacups with chips to rim sugar bowl: broken into two and re-stuck milk jug: a section of the rim is missing and there are two hairline cracks tureen: one foot is missing tureen cover: a section of the finial is missing tureen stand: has been broken and restored The teapot: There is a replacement metal handle
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