A partial Spode imari tea and coffee service
circa 1813
of London-shape, pattern 1946, comprising eight teacups, nine coffee cups, twelve saucers, a bachelor teapot and cover (spout chipped), 9cm high; a twin-handled oval sucrier and cover, slop basin, 19cm diameter; circular dish, 18cm diameter, together with a spare small cover, painted factory marks and pattern numbers in iron red
(36 pcs including covers)

Condition Report
Teapot - spout chipped.
Sucrier - some rubbing to gilding on the edge and knop of cover and slightly to the handles.
1 coffee cup - crack descending from upper rim. Another coffee cup with firing crack to the underside of the base.
1 teacup with x-shaped hairline to lower portion of body, which is stained to the interior. Another teacup with several scratches to the interior.
Slop basin - scratches and many spots of staining to interior.

Plate - underside rim chip and associated hairline.

Remainder of items are in a good condition and there are no further damages or any signs of restoration. The quality of the decoration remains good throughout, there are just a couple of cups with very minor rubbing to the gilding on the rims.

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