Painted with red dragons, birds and Chinese precious objects, enriched in gilding, comprising;
One two-handled soup-tureen and cover
One vegetable-dish and cover
Two large circular serving-dishes in sizes
One circular pierced fruit-basket
One two-handled sauce-boat on a fixed stand
Twelve dinner-plates
Twelve soup-plates
Four luncheon-plates
Nineteen side-plates
Seven cake-plates
Two coffee-pots and covers in sizes
Two sugar-boxes and covers in sizes
Three milk-jugs in sizes
Thirteen teacups and saucers in sizes
Fourteen coffee-cups and saucers
One serving-spoon
Two spoon-rests
One candlestick
Two ashtrays
Four small circular dishes
Three small oval dishes
The soup-tureen: 12³⁄₄ in. (32.5 cm.) wide

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In overall very good decorative order and ready to use, with some minor wear to gilding and enamels, slight surface scratching and occasional minute chip.

One two-handled soup-tureen and cover -- in good decorative order.
One vegetable-dish and cover -- in good decorative order.
Two large circular serving-dishes in sizes -- One example with a small rim chip, otherwise in good order.
One circular pierced fruit-basket -- in good decorative order.
One two-handled sauce-boat on a fixed stand -- in good decorative order.
Twelve dinner-plates -- in good decorative order.
Twelve soup-plates -- in good decorative order.
Four luncheon-plates -- in good decorative order.
Nineteen side-plates -- in good decorative order.
Seven cake-plates -- in good decorative order.
Two coffee-pots and covers in sizes -- One example with a minute chip to the finial. Otherwise in good order.
Two sugar-boxes and covers in sizes -- One example with a minute chip to the finial. Otherwise in good order.
Three milk-jugs in sizes -- in good decorative order.
Thirteen teacups and saucers -- Slight variations in sizes, Four cups with small chips to the rim, one of which has been re-gilt. A further cup with a small chip to the footrim. The others in good order. The saucers, three examples with small chips to the rim, the rest in good order. Three saucers of a different form to the other ten.
Fourteen coffee-cups and saucers -- The cups in good order. One saucer has been broken and restored and sparayed to conceal the damage, and with some associated overpainting. Another example has a very minor chip to the footrim, but this has likely been there since the time of manufacture. The others in good order.
One serving-spoon -- in good decorative order.
Two spoon-rests -- in good decorative order.
One candlestick -- in good decorative order.
Two ashtrays -- in good decorative order.
Four small circular dishes -- in good decorative order.
Three small oval dishes -- in good decorative order.

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