Lot 323 , A Herculaneum porcelain Imari pattern 8080 part tea and coffee set, c.1812-15,

A Herculaneum porcelain Imari pattern 8080 part tea and coffee set, c.1812-15, including teapot, cover and stand, 18cm high, twelve tea cups, six coffee cans, nineteen saucers, a sucrier and cover, milk jug, slops bowl and dish, gilt pattern number 808, together with a Herculaneum Japan pattern 886 part coffee set comprising a coffee pot and cover, 23.5cm high, ten coffee cups and two saucers
Estimate £150-200

Japan pattern 808 - all items with some occasional wear to the gilding, some more than others, teapot cover has a broken finial with a metal repair and a few small splinter chips to the inner sleeve, three coffee cans are cracked, two teacups are cracked, three saucers are cracked or badly re-glued, eight saucers are heavily crazed, one saucer is slightly grazed and seven saucers ring true.

Pattern number 886 - the coffee pot is heavily stained and crazed with a large chip to the tip of the spout and a crack and staining below the handle, four of the coffee cups are cracked or badly damaged, six coffee cups are slightly stained and crazed and do not ring, and two saucers are in good condition, one with some wear to the gilding on the rim.


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Sold for £260