Discovery
Description:
Meissen Blue Onion Pattern Porcelain Partial Dinner Service, comprising thirteen dinner plates, twelve luncheon plates, nine salad plates, thirty-five dessert plates; and approx. sixty-five assorted serving dishes including teapot, coffeepot, covered sugar, creamer, two tea caddies, two mustard pots, two-handled sauce boat, four leaf-shaped condiment dishes, two divided handled dishes, two pepper pots, six graduating oval platters, two fish platters, one with drainer, a cake stand, two compotes, three round platters, round and oval covered vegetable dishes, round and oval hot water platters, several oblong, round, and square serving dishes, and several small items, approx. 136 total.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Thre is a compote base lacking a bowl, chipping to the rims and feet of a few pieces, the coffee pot has a repaired spout, where a pewter spout was added to replace a broken porcelain spout, the teapot has an unattached bentwood handle. The pieces are accompanied by different Meissen marks, including variations of the crossed sword and Meissen within an oval
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