The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.
In overall good condition. Some intrinsic imperfections throughout, in the making, including scattered small stray marks in underglaze blue and gilt, and some scattered areas of minor overfiring, mainly around the feet. Generally with the typical scratches, rubbing and stacking wear, mainly to the gilt around the rims, and to the colors where the pieces have been stacked.
Further measurements and condition details enumerated below:
A navette-form centerpiece-- 131⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide; a faint network of fine crazing to the glaze; two small and shallow chips to the underside of the footrim
Two sauce tureens, covers and stands-- 81⁄4 in. (21 cm.) wide, the stands; one cover with a minute chip to the edge of its rim by the opening for the sauce ladle; one of the tureens with a lightly stained hairline (approx. 11⁄4 in. long) down from its rim, only approx. 1⁄4 in. of the hairline visible from the exterior; each stand with a faint network of fine crazing to its glaze
Three larger shell-shaped dishes-- 83⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) wide; the gilt loss more prominent to these, encircling most of the rims; one dish with two short intrinsic firing lines, in the making (the longer approx. 3⁄4 in.), to the handle
Two smaller shell-shaped dishes-- 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide; one with a very small (approx. 1⁄8 in. long) shallow chip to the underside rim at its handle
Four lozenge-shaped dishes-- 111⁄8 in. (28.3 cm.) wide; a faint network of fine crazing to the glaze at one
Four square dishes-- 83⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.); the gilt loss more prominent to these, encircling most of the rims; one dish with a short intrinsic firing line, in the making, crossing the footrim, as well as a few short craze lines to its well; another with a single short craze line to its well
Twenty dessert plates-- 83⁄8 in. (21.3 cm.) diameter; one plate with a short intrinsic firing line, in the making, crossing the footrim; one with a Y-shaped group of short craze lines at its underside; two plates each with a hairline (approx. 13⁄4 in. long) from the rim, down the cavetto; one plate with a section of restoration to a flat chip at its rim (approx. 2 in. long, 1⁄2 in. wide), the re-gilding over the repair fairly brown in tone; one plate heavily rubbed, now lacking the majority of its gilding
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