Decorated with peony and other flowers on a terrace, some possibly later enamelled, comprising:
Sixteen soup plates, 9 in. (23 cm.) diam.
Thirty-nine dishes, 8⁵⁄₈ in. (22 cm.) diam.
Four circular serving dishes, 9⁵⁄₈ in. (24.5 cm) diam.
Eight oblong serving platters, the largest, 15 in. (38 cm.) wide
Seven serving dishes, the largest, 15¹⁄₈ in. (38.5 cm.) diam.
One oval-shaped serving platter, 15³⁄₈ in. (39 cm.) wide
Three tureens with hare-head handles, the largest, 13³⁄₄ in. (34 cm.) wide
A small tureen-shaped bowl and cover, 17⁵⁄₈ in. (19.5 cm.) wide
Three salt-cellars, 3¹⁄₈ in. (8 cm.) diam.
One sauce, 7⁷⁄₈ in. (20 cm.) long
One jug, 5⁵⁄₈ in. (14.3 cm.) high

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All with age-related surface wear including rubbing and minor losses to the enamels. Plates of four different shapes.
Sixteen soup plates: All with small scattered rim chips; one dish with a hairline crack (approx. 7cm. long) and chip to the rim with associated short hairline crack.
Thirty-nine dishes: nineteen with minor chips and fritting to rims; fifteen with hairline cracks, some with touch-up; five with extensive old restoration.
Four deep serving plates: One with a hairline crack (approx. 10 cm.) long; two with small chips to the foot rims.
Oval-shaped serving platter: General surface wear and flaking to the enamels.
Seven circular serving platters: Two smaller platter in overall fairly good condition; one large and one smaller platter with hairline cracks; another large and small platter each with a rim chip, one re-attached; one large plate appears to be in good overall condition
Eight oblong serving platters: one very large platter with extensive restoration, the other very large platter with a short hairline crack to the mouth rim; one smaller platter (29 cm. wide) with a hairline crack to the rim; the other two of similar size with minor scattered rim chips; the three smallest with general wear.
Three salts: one with restoration to the top; one with a hairline crack extending from a chip to the foot; one appears in fairly good condition
Small tureen-shaped bowl and cover: shallow chips to the finial of the cover
Sauce boat: some fritting and scattered glaze chips, particularly to the handle.
Lidded jug: Fritting and glaze chip to the handle; hairline crack to the joint of the handle; cover with fritting and cracks to the interior
Three tureens: the circular tureen with minor fritting and very shallow chips to the cover, one handle with a short hairline crack; two similar shaped tureen and covers: one with fritting to the handles, the cover with extensive restoration including overpainting; the other tureen with extensive restoration and fritting to the handles, the cover appears to be in fairly good condition.

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