A Frankenthal part coffee service, circa 1760,

each piece painted in enamels with a smoking Chinaman dancing with a cup of tea in a garden vignette, comprising; a coffee pot and cover, a tea pot and cover, a milk jug, a sugar bowl and cover, a tea canister and cover, nine teacups, five coffee cups and thirteen saucers a slopbowl.

coffee pot in good condition, cover with extensive breaks and repairs teapot with chips to tip of spout, haircrack to rim, approx. 4in, handle broken off and glued, chip to rim of cover. milk jug: cover lacking, fine haircrack to rim, approx. 1in, spout restored and chipped. sugar bowl and cover: haircrack to rim, approx. 2in, restored carck to cover. tea canister and cover: minor nick to cover. nine teacups: 2 with a small chip, one with a haircrack to rim, approx. 2in with associated rim chip. five coffee cups: one with small chip to rim. thirteen saucers: one has a restored section of rim. slop bowl: extensively broken and repaired.
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