174 PIECES ROYAL CROWN DERBY BONE CHINA SERVICE IN THE PARADISE MAROON PATTERN,Marked in green underglaze. Consisting of twelve dinner plates, having gilt/white birds on burgundy, and four having all gilt birds, measuring 10 3/8" diameter; sixteen dinner plates having white ground with burgundy/gilt border, 10 3/8"; five soup bowls, 10" diameter, 1 1/2" high; seven soup bowls, 9 15/16" diameter, 1 1/2" high; four soup bowls, 9 3/8" diameter, 1 1/2" high; eighteen soup bowls, 8 3/8" diameter, 1" high; two soup bowls 8 5/8" diameter, 1 1/8" high; twenty-eight salad plates, 8 1/4" diameter; sixteen bread plates, 6 3/8" diameter; one covered tureen, 12 1/4" long and a second measuring 13" long; one oval platter, 17 3/16" long; one teapot, 6 1/4" high; one coffee pot, 8" high; one open sugar, 2 7/8" high x 5 3/16" diameter; eighteen tea cups, 2 1/4" high and eighteen saucers, 5 1/2"; twelve demitasse cups, 2 3/8" high and twelve demitasse saucers, 4 9/16" (174 total). Estimate $2,000-4,000
In very good condition. Several of the gilt bird plates having a few very minor scratches to surface. One of the bordered dinner plates having a crack entirely through, repaired. Otherwise, very clean, little if any wear to the gilt or surface.
