Lot 176: A Collection of Gilt and Floral Decorated Porcelain Tea and Coffee Wares

A collection of porcelain tea and coffee wares consisting of two distinct services. The first is a porcelain coffee service with a heavy gold-gilt finish, comprising a coffee pot with a domed lid and flame finial, a lidded sugar bowl, a cream jug, and several teacups and saucers. Each piece is decorated with a transfer-printed circular medallion depicting a courting couple in eighteenth-century style dress within a garden landscape. The second set is an assortment of white Royal Court porcelain teacups and saucers, each featuring a polychrome floral spray design and gold-rimmed edges. One cup base displays a printed mark with a heraldic crest flanked by two animal supporters beneath a crown, with the text Royal Court printed above and BRITISH CASTLE and ENGLAND below. Some cups also show a handwritten gold number 101 to the base.