An Art Nouveau porcelain coffee service, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Verbilki, early 20th century

comprising six cups and one coffee pot, the upper edge of each decorated with a gilt foliate motif over a midnight blue ground, the body in sage green with light brown leaves and flowers stamped over it, each tea cup painted with a scenes of courtship between young couples in pastoral settings and Roman dress, the coffee pot painted with two young shepherdesses in 19th-century dress and their flock,

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marked under base with red factory mark overglaze

height of pot 19cm;7 1/2 in.

height of each cup 6cm; 2 3/8 in.