Lot 320 , An English porcelain seventeen piece ornithological dessert service

An English porcelain seventeen piece ornithological dessert service, possibly Ridgway c.1855, with flower and strapwork borders, registration mark and iron red pattern no.3/7575, comport width 33.5cm, occasional damage
Estimate £200-300

9 plates in good condition
1 plate with cracked rim and under-rim splinter chip
1 plate cracked all the way across
1 plate broken and riveted section of rim
2 plates with under rim chips and associated short hairline cracks
Centrepiece / comport is stained and crazed and one handle is broken and re-glued
Both lozenged shaped dishes have slight wear to the gilding otherwise good.


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Sold for £260