22nd Jul, 2010 10:00 GMT/BST
Soup bowls - one with approx 5cm crack in rim; one with three-limbed star crack in the base; one with approx 10cm crack in rim with staining, this same bowl has another 10cm crack and another 4cm crack; another with 10cm stained crack from rim; another with 10cm stained crack in the rim; another with a curvaceous 10cm stained in the rim; another with a 5-6cm stained crack running from the rim; another with a 5-6cm stained crack from the rim; another with a three-limbed star crack in the base. Dessert plates - one in fully restored condition; one with a fine hairline crack and fizzes when generally tapped on the rim; another plate badly stained and with cracks; another in fully restored condition; another with a very small hairline crack in the rim; eight further fully restored plates. Three square form tureens - all three in restored condition. Large oval bowls - one in fully restored condition; the other badly stained on the base and with cracks and rubbing and enamels. Three sauce tureens, stands and oval dishes - all variously restored. First large oval tureen - badly stained, crack running around foot rim, several star cracks in the wall, the cover appears good. Oval standish - good. Largest oval tureen - cracked twice through to the cover; the tureen with restoration to handle, staining to foot; tureen stand restored; another similar stand stained. Medium sized meat plate - fully restored condition. Three further plates restored and/or cracked and/or stained. Oval small meat dish - fully restored. Two oval serving dishes - fully restored. Tureen stand - fully restored. Four oval stands - all restored. Another ten plates - in fully restored condition. Another three soup bowls The gilding is generally rubbed/touched up, but some survive in quite good order. Sold a/f. 160710
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