28 PIECES DAVENPORT LONGPORT STAFFORDSHIRE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN,Circa 1870-1887 printed mark. Including twelve dinner plates, eleven soup plates, five serving platters (two small, two medium, one large). Centered with hand-painted armorial crest, the banner inscribed "Sapere Aude Incipe"; the blue border with gilt floral sprays - 9 3/4 in. diam., dinner plate. Estimate $500-700
Without chips or hairlines. Most with rubbed gilding along the rims - some more so than others. Some armorial images have losses. Most with severe fading to the blue glazed borders from either harsh detergents or exposure to direct sunlight.
