A Nymphenburg porcelain part dinner and dessert service early 20th century

each piece painted with floral sprays and sprigs, comprising: an oval tureen and cover, a circular tureen and cover, a 15 1/2-inch platter, an oval vegetable dish, a double-lipped gravy boat and fixed stand, a square salad bowl, a small shaped serving dish, twenty-five dinner plates, thirty-two soup plates, thirty-three two-handled soup cups, thirty-seven covers and twenty-one stands, thirty-two dessert plates, six fan-shaped side plates, forty-four side plates, thirty-four small side plates, twenty-three custard cups and twenty-two covers, and thirty teacups and fifteen saucers,  Nymphenburg beneath a crowned shield and impressed shield marks, various painted decorators' marks. 363 pieces.

All in generally good condition, except: Oval tureen and cover: The cover with a very fine haircrack running from the stem of the lemon knob vertically to the rim for approximately 6 inches. Circular tureen and cover: The cover has an approximately 1/2 by 1/4 inch chip to one leaf of the knob and another tiny glaze chip to the knob. Dinner plates: Two with a small flat chip below the rim, not visible from the exterior. Soup plates: One with a small footrim chip. Dessert plates: One with a small footrim chip. Three, each with a small rimchip. One with a flatrim chip, measuring approximately 1/8 by 1/4 inch. Another has a 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch section broken off at the rim and glued back, there is an additional associated flat rim chip. Side plates: One with a repaired flat chip to the underside of the rim and another flat 1/4 by 1/4 inch chip to the underside of the rim. Another with a tiny rimchip. Three, each with a small flat chip to the underside of the rim. Teacups: One with a fine 2 1/2-inch haircrack running down the rim.
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