A Hammersley bone china part-breakfast service, 20th century

painted with borders of blue cornflowers and leaves, comprising; twelve breakfast cups, eleven saucers, two teapots and covers, butter dish and cover, muffin dish and a sugar bowl; together with a Herend porcelain part-tea service painted with convolvulus; nine Staffordshire porcelain teacups and seven saucers; a porcelain tazza and a basket (68)

There is an additional Hammersley teapot and cover in this lot. All three teapots have a form of crack and staining and they leak, otherwise the Hammersley service is in good condition. The Herend pieces are in good condition. Of the Staffordshire pieces, 2 cups are cracked, 3 have a repaired handle, 1 is riveted and 2 saucers are cracked, all pieces have some form of wear or staining. The basket has two areas of repair to the rim, and has some staining.
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