Group of twenty-eight Chinese Export enamel-decorated
Group of twenty-eight Chinese Export enamel-decorated porcelain items, late 18th century. Comprising a punch bowl, a creamer, a covered sugar dish, a small bowl, a plate, twelve tea bowls, and eleven saucers; including a tea bowl and saucer bearing eagle motif and a few pieces bearing various armorial crests.
H: 5 in. Dia: 11 1/2 in. (punch bowl)
Condition Report: wear and some loss to gilding and enamel decoration throughout commensurate with age; punch bowl: hairline crack to well/exterior; yellow border plate: chip to edge; covered sugar: lid with crack and an area of restoration/overpainting visible under UV light, the body with an area of restoration/overpainting; creamer: restoration/overpainting to footed base, visible under UV light; eagle saucer: repaired crack/break to edge; another saucer: crack to side; armorial saucer: hairline cracks to center and edge; two pink decorated saucers: one likely reglazed to underside armorial saucer: repaired cracks, hairline crack to edge; two red border saucers: chips and hairline cracks to edge of one; second largest bowl: repaired break and hairline cracks, with overpainting evident under UV light; the rest of the teabowls: chips and/or hairline cracks to many
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Group of twenty-eight Chinese Export enamel-decorated porcelain items, late 18th century. Comprising a punch bowl, a creamer, a covered sugar dish, a small bowl, a plate, twelve tea bowls, and eleven saucers; including a tea bowl and saucer bearing eagle motif and a few pieces bearing various armorial crests.
H: 5 in. Dia: 11 1/2 in. (punch bowl)
Condition Report: wear and some loss to gilding and enamel decoration throughout commensurate with age; punch bowl: hairline crack to well/exterior; yellow border plate: chip to edge; covered sugar: lid with crack and an area of restoration/overpainting visible under UV light, the body with an area of restoration/overpainting; creamer: restoration/overpainting to footed base, visible under UV light; eagle saucer: repaired crack/break to edge; another saucer: crack to side; armorial saucer: hairline cracks to center and edge; two pink decorated saucers: one likely reglazed to underside armorial saucer: repaired cracks, hairline crack to edge; two red border saucers: chips and hairline cracks to edge of one; second largest bowl: repaired break and hairline cracks, with overpainting evident under UV light; the rest of the teabowls: chips and/or hairline cracks to many
