Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts

Each with scattered instances of rubbing and surface loss to the enameled and gilt decoration. The central pictured example with a minor chip to the rim. General shelf wear to the foot rim and pitting to the underside. Examination under UV light reveals an instance of retouch to the aforementioned rim chip. The right pictured plate with two hairline cracks. Scattered minor chips to the rim, as well as to the foot rim. Examination under UV light causes tape residue to the underside to fluoresce. The left pictured plate with a hairline crack to the border. Accretion of grime adjacent to the lion pictured on the rim.

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