A Chamberlain's Worcester apple green-ground crested part dinner service circa 1830

each piece painted with the double crest of Wykeham-Martin of Leeds Castle, Kent, and Chacombe Priory, Northamptonshire, beneath a puce ribbon inscribed with the motto MANNERS MAKYTH MAN, comprising: a circular soup tureen, cover and stand, two circular vegetable tureens and covers, eleven oval platters in three sizes, twelve soup plates and sixty-one dinner plates, most pieces painted with script Chamberlains Worcester mark in iron-red. 91 pieces.

Sale: Christie's, London, February 9, 1981, lot 20 (The soup tureen, vegetable tureens, three platters and thirty plates)
Delomosne and Son Ltd., London, 1981
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 16, 1987, lot 344 (Eight platters and the soup plates)

Some very minor and occasional wear to gilding or scratches to the enamels overall. Otherwise in generally good condition, except: Soup tureen, cover and stand: has an approximate 1-inch flat chip to the footrim, showing as a pinhead chip at the rim edge and a 1/2-inch haircrack running down the side of the rim. The cover: the pine cone knop has been broken from its midpoint and well restored back. Vegetable tureens and covers: One tureen has two approximate 1/4-inch slice chips, one to the underside of each handle, which are not visible from the exterior. Platters: One of the smallest size platters has a small flat chip to the underside of the rim and a restored pinhead rim chip. Another has a small restored rim chip. 12-inch platters (4 of them): two, each with a few minuscule rim chips. Another with two small flat chips to the underside of the rim and anotehr approximate 1/5-inch rimchip. The forth with a tiny slice chips to the rim edge at one dentil and another restored rim chip. None of these chips are disfiguring. 14 1/2-inch platters (2 of them): one with a small rim chip, a small flat chip to the underside of the rim and a pinhead chip to one dentil. The other with two small chips to the rim edge. 16-inch platter with two small restored chips to the rim edge, measuring up to 1/4 inch. The largest platter with two small restored rim chips, also measuring up to 1/4 inch. Soup plates: 10 plates, each with mostly one or more (not more than 4) small restored rim chip/s, or occasionally one or more flat chip/s to the underside of the rim. These chips are less than 1/2-inch long on the dentils and mostly have the appearance of abrasions. They are not disfiguring. Dinner plates: One plate is broken. Another plate has some discolored crazing and two small restored pinhead chips to the rim edge and another with an approximate 1/2-inch long restored area at the rim edge possibly covering a chip; the gilding has worn off and there is a further small restored rim chip. 45 plates, each with mostly one or more (not more than 4) small restored rim chip/s, or occasionally one or more flat chip/s to the underside of the rim. These chips are less than 1/2-inch long on the dentils and mostly have the appearance of abrasions. None of the chips are not disfiguring.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.