Royal Worcester 'Blue Dragon' tea service
dated 1908
comprising twelve teacups; twelve saucers; twelve sideplates, 17cm diameter; a tall cream jug, 10.5cm high; a slop basin, 16.2cm diameter; and a pair of circular cake plates, 23cm diameter, printed factory marks and date codes (40)

Condition Report

Teacups -
1 teacup with crack to the interior. 1 teacup both cracked across the base and also crazed. 1 teacup with small hairline to rim and some crazing all over. 1 teacup with small hairline and crazing to the base. 3 teacups crazed. 5 remaining teacups with no damages or obvious crazing.

Saucers - 1 with hairline crack around foot well and rim. 3 saucers crazed.

Sideplates - good condition, no damages or repairs.

Cake plates - good condition, no damages or repairs.

Cream jug - some areas of fine crazing, a small stained apparent hairline to the interior of the handle.

Slop basin - large crack around the foot rim, a section of the foot is now slightly separating from the bowl.

Overall, the condition of the gilding is pretty good and the only piece which shows some more obvious rubbing is one of the cake plates. The pieces all only show minimal signs of use.

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