Sold for $5,000

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Meissen Blue Onion Porcelain Dinner Service

19th and 20th Century

bearing varying crossed swords and impressed marks, comprising:
13 dinner plates
9 luncheon plates
12 soup plates
12 salad plates
12 bread plates
18 teacups
12 tea saucers
11 coffee cups
12 coffee saucers
1 teapot
1 cake stand
1 dessert plate with handles
1 soup tureen
1 large oval platter
1 medium oval platter
2 footed bowls
1 round vegetable bowl
1 reticulated fruit bowl
1 oval vegetable bowl
1 square plate
1 small round bowl
1 small reticulated oval dish
2 butter dishes
1 master salt
1 trivet;
129 items total.

Diameter of dinner plates 10 7/8 inches.

Property from the Carmen S. Holeman Trust, Indianapolis, Indiana

Condition Report

In very good condition overall. There are minor chips to the rims of a very small number of plates but the service is largely free of chips, cracks or repairs. Faint cutlery marks and wear from stacking, as well as some dust and smudges, but no significant condition issues.

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