A COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN PART TEA AND CHOCOLATE SERVICE (24)
Late 18th century
Painted en grisaille with rural scenes inside floral borders and gilt rims, comprising; a chocolate pot and cover, 15cm high, a teapot, cover and stand; milk jug and cover, 12.3cm high, sugar bowl and cover, slop bowl, five teacups and six saucers, a small octagonal dish, 14.3cm wide, three blue waves and dot mark, various incised marks; and a later Royal Copenhagen mustard pot and cover
| Estimate: | £400 - £600 |
Chocolate pot and cover- overall in good condition
Teapot, cover and stand- teapot has a rivetted repair to the handle. The cover has a shallow chip to the top surface of the rim, approx. 1.5cm by 1cm. The stand has some specking to the glaze. Minor wear to the gilding overall
Milk jug and cover- the cover with rivetted repairs. Minor chip to the flower finial. minor wear to gilding
Sugar bowl and cover- circular iron spot to the side of the bowl, approx, 0.5cm diam. The cover with minor nicks to the finial.Some minor wear to the gilding
Slop bowl- minor wear
Five cups- one has a haircrack to the rim, approx. 5cm length. Some wear to the gilding. Three appear to be later in date.
Six saucers- two have a rim chip. Some wear to the enamels and the gilding
Octagonal dish- long haircrack to the rim, approx. 8cm. Some wear
Later mustard pot and cover- very minor wear to the gilding