An extensive Worcester dinner service

Large shallow bowl flat chip under rim, otherwise good
Jug small chip to inner spout, small firing crack to handle, otherwise good
17 bowls that are in good condition, 1 bowl with rivited repair three quaters the way across and 1 bowl with small rim chip
Small sauce tureen finial restored, the scroll tip to one handle chipped off
Large oval meat plates, some wear to centre of one but no cracks the other has a few minor chips to rim 
Medium oval meat plates, one has restored semi circular restore to rim, one has ware to crest at centre, otherwise good 
Small oval meat plates, one has minor rim chips, the other is good, 
Eighty-eight dinner plates, fifty in good condition, the others all have hairline cracks, chips and losses 
Twenty-one side plates 10 in overall good condition, the others with chips and cracks
Two large oval two-handled soup tureens and covers, one with chips and losses to inner rim of both lid and tureen, tureen has 7cm loss to top, the other with chips and losses to rim of lid, both handles repaired and restored, one handle has loss and replacements. 
The stands have wear to centre and a chip to the top of one 
Two rectangluar tureens and covers, one lid with chips to rim, handle has been repaired, the tureen bowl in good condition, the other lid handle restored, the tureen bowl in good condition
Two oval tureens and covers, one with a chip to lid, otherwise good, the bowl in good condition, the other has multiple chips to lid rim, the bowl in good condition
Four circular tureens and covers two with restored handles, one with missing handle, the other with small chip to rim otherwise good condition, three bowls in good condition, one with  2cm chip to rim 
Six triangular tureens and covers, three covers with chips to rim otherwise good condition, other lids two with restored handles, one with missing handle also with chips to rim, all bowls in overall good condition
Two circular footed stands, one with minor chips to rim and small firing imperfection, the other in overall good condition 
Two rectangular pie dishes, one with losses to rim, the other in good condition, oval pie dish has chips to rim otherwise good condition 

All items have overall wear and marks in line with age. 

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Auction: The March Auctions 2026, 4th Mar, 2026

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