A Vienna-style claret-ground part coffee service late 19th century

each piece painted with a portrait of two maidens reserved within a gilt-edged panel on a richly gilt-patterned lustrous ground, comprising: a coffee pot and two covers, a sugar bowl and cover and a milk jug, pseudo shield mark in blue. 6 pieces.

Please note that there is only one cover to this lot, which fits and matches the coffee pot. The extra cover listed with the coffee pot is the cover for lot 57, which is correctly illustrated. All with some very minor spots of wear to the gilding of the rims and/or the handles. There is a minor short, fine haircrack to the spout of the coffee pot, running along one side of the mask's snout, some regilding to flakes at the end of the spout and a minor spot of wear to the claret ground beneath the panel.There is a minor regilt flake to the gilding of the milk jug's handle. The sugar bowl has some minor areas of wear to the ground color along the sholuder breneath the rim.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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