Estimate: | £500 - £700 |
Hammer price: | £950 |
A Royal Worcester part dessert service, circa 1915, each piece painted with an arrangement of fruit, signed Cole, inside a cobalt blue border reserved with gilt-framed flower panels, comprising; two shaped square dishes, 23cm. wide, two lozenge shaped dishes, 30.5cm. wide, two shell shaped dishes, 24cm. wide; eleven plates, 24cm. diameter, (a.f), (17).
Square dishes- one with glued breaks and cracks. Both with small chips to rims. Minor wear to gilding.
Lozenge dishes- one with minor nicks to the rim. Both with some wear to the gilding.
Shell shaped dishes- one with overall crazing to the glaze. Both with minor nicks to the rims. Minor wear to the gilding.
11 plates- all with some surface scratches and some wear to the gilding. One plate has been broken into pieces. Another has a long crack around the well.