The borders variantly gilt with a rinceau of stylized anthemion and scrolling vine between gilt bands.

The Berlin component comprising:

A two-handled footed tureen and cover
A footed compote
A circular serving dish
Two octagonal serving dishes
A smaller octagonal serving dish
Two sauce-boats with swan-neck handles
Eight two-handled ice cups
Three large oval platters
Two small oval platters
An extra large circular platter
A large circular platter
Two medium circular platters
Thirteen soup plates
Twenty-six dinner plates

The Worcester component comprising:

Two cream-jugs
Two open two-handled sugar-bowls
A waste bowl
Two saucer dishes
Nine coffee-cups
Sixteen teacups
Eight saucers
9¹⁄₂ in. (24.1 cm.) diameter, the dinner plates

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 263.

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Scattered wear to the gilding, most notable to the central gilt medallions of the plates and serving pieces. Further condition notes and dimensions below.

The tureen and cover (15¹⁄₂ in. long, over handles): Nice condition, with some small flakes and touchups to the gilding.

The footed compote (10⁵⁄₈ in. diameter): The bowl broken in several pieces, restored, and re-pinned to the foot.

The sauce-boats (9³⁄₄ in. long): Nice condition.

The large octagonal serving dishes (9⁵⁄₈ in. wide): One with a Y-shaped crack extending the width of the plate and length of one small and one large octagonal side. The other in nice condition.

The small octagonal serving dish (8¹⁄₂ in. wide): Nice condition.

The large oval platters (17³⁄₄ in. long): Nice condition.

The small oval platters (10⁵⁄₈ in. long): One with a very faint Y-shaped hairline extending the length of the well.

The extra large round platter (15³⁄₈ in. diameter): Nice condition.

The large round platter (13³⁄₄ in. diameter): Nice condition.

The medium round platters (12¹⁄₂ in. diameter): Nice condition.

The egg cups (3¹⁄₈ in. high): Nice condition.

The serving bowl (9³⁄₈ in. diameter): Nice condition.

The soup plates (9³⁄₈ in. diameter): One with a chip to foot rim.

The dinner plates: With some wear to the decoration, most notable to the central gilt medallions; scattered small touchups to gilding at rims. Fourteen with badly chipped footrims. Eleven with restored footrims, of which one with the spray on the footrim starting to yellow; three with the entire bottom of the plate yellowed, one of these three also in half and restored and with a further restored rim line; one of the plates with restoration to the footrim has a further restoration to the rim, touched up to the surface.

The cream-jugs (6 in. long): Nice condition.

The sugar-bowls (7 in. long): Nice condition.

The waste bowl (6³⁄₄ in. diameter): Nice condition.

The teacups (2¹⁄₂ in. high): A few with minute nicks to rims. A few with more extensive rubbing to the gilding.

The coffee-cups and saucers (2¹⁄₂ in. high, the cups; 5¹⁄₂ in. diameter, the saucers): Nice condition. Some of the cups with more extensive rubbing to the gilding.

The small saucer dishes (7⁷⁄₈ in. diameter): Nice condition.

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