BERNARDAUD, LIMOGES. Part of a porcelain dinner service decorated with crosses in relief and polychrome flowers, the wing underlined by a gilded net (small wear to the decoration). It includes : twenty large plates, eleven soup plates (chip on one), twelve small plates (chip on one), two ramekins, two oval dishes (two sizes, crack on one), a gravy boat with a fixed frame (star crack, chips), a soup tureen and its display stand, a vegetable dish and its display stand, a salad bowl, a deep dish, two compotiers (chip on one), ten cups (chip on one, chip and crack on two), eleven saucers (chip on one) and a milk jug (missing the lid).

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