Provenance:

Property of a Mid-Atlantic Institution.

Overall with some rubbing and wear to the gilding and enamels as expected with age and use. Each of the plates with some minor stacking wear to the wells. The medium plate with a small hairline to the rim, visible from both the front and the reverse (approx. 1 inch long). The soup plate with a small chip to the rim. The teacup with two small chips to the rim. The saucer also with a small chip to the rim. The teapot with a hairline to the body extending beneath and above the lower portion of the handle connection (please see photos); as well as a shallow chip/loss to the tree in one roundel. The teapot rim and cover footrim with a few scattered minor chips as well. Presents well overall.

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