Royal Crown Derby Old Imari china tea and coffee wares, vari...

Hammer

£110

Royal Crown Derby Old Imari china tea and coffee wares, various dates, comprising six side plates, five footed tea cups and saucers, circa 1907, painted mark '6947'; six side plates and a tea plate (2451), circa 1916-17; six demi-tasse coffee cups and six saucers (2451), most circa 1922, three of the cups and saucers of later date; six coffee cups and saucers (2451), circa 1917 and 1920; three tea cups and saucers (2451), circa 1897/98; six saucers (2451), circa 1901; sugar bowl and cream jug (2451), circa 1916 (61 pieces)

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The six side plates, which match the footed teacups, all have varying degrees of rubbing to the gilt decoration with some minor small scratches to the surface. The bodies of the plates are in good condition with no large cracks or chips. One of the side plates appears to have two small surface chips visible under 10X loupe – these are gilded over and may well have been present from the factory. The 5 saucers are in a broadly similar condition, with losses to the gilding and surface scratches. One of the saucers has experienced staining within these scratches; another has a chip to the rim. 3 of the 5 footed teacups have no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding and surface scratching. One of the 5 has experienced a breakage to the bowl which has been stapled together in the past. Another of the 5 has a hairline crack running through the body of the bowl.
The 6 side plates are in good condition with no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding and surface scratching. The tea plate is in a broadly similar condition.
The 6 demi-tasse coffee cups are in good condition with no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding. The 6 saucers are in good condition with no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding and surface scratching. However one of these has small imperfections to the foot rim.
The 6 coffee cups have no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding. One of these cups has small chips to the glaze around the foot rim and some staining. The 6 saucers have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding and surface scratching. One of these has small imperfections to the foot rim.
The 3 tea cups have no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding. They exhibit light staining to the body, to a limited extent around the rim and to a greater extent to the foot rim. One of the cups has imperfections to the gilt on the handle. The 3 saucers are in good condition with no large cracks or chips. One of these does appear to have a small surface chip visible under 10X loupe – this has been gilded over.
The 6 saucers are in good condition with no obvious chips or cracks but have experienced varying degrees of losses to the gilding and surface scratching. One of these saucers has a glaze scratch which is stained and looks like a hairline crack, it does not however penetrate past the glaze.
The sugar bowl and cream jug have experienced limited losses to the gilt. The sugar bowl has a rim chip and staining to the foot rim. The cream jug has a chip to the rim and a hairline crack emanating from it of approximately 3.5cm