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.
Some slight staining, wear and slight flaking to gilding, particularly at rims, slight surface scratching and wear to enamels throughout. Occasional small firing flaw and slight variations in colours.
Two two-handled oval soup-tureens, covers and stands -- One tureen with crack to width of base extending half way up sides.
Two oval serving-platters -- overall in good decorative order.
A circular bowl -- a stained hairline crack from rim to well and another spreading hairline crack from rim to well and a small (1 cm.) rim chip. One circular bowl with short crack (2 cm. long) from rim.
Two dinner-plates -- one with a 2.5 cm. and a 1.5 cm section of chipping to rim. One with several very small chips to rim.
Twenty-four soup-plates -- one with a 2 cm. shallow crescent shaped rim chip, about 19 with either slight rim chipping or minute nicks to rim.
Sixty-two plates -- one plate with a 10 cm. crescent shaped section broken out to rim in two parts and restuck and a small 0.5 cm. rim chip. Four plates with hairline crack from rim to well, one with very short hairline crack from rim. One plate with footrim chipping and minute rim chipping. One plate with a 3 cm. section of shallow chipping to rim and a few further minute nicks to rim. One plate with stained hairline crack to width of well. About twenty-six plates with either slight rim chipping or minute nicks to rim.
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