A Royal Worcester part dessert service date codes for 1925, painted by Horace Price with different fruit scenes including peaches, grapes, pears, blackberries and plums, on a woodland floor, signed 'H H Price', and a part coffee service dated 1928 with similar decoration by artists including George Moseley, H Everett, W H Austin and Harry Ayrton. Comprising: two oval dishes, two square dishes, two circular dishes, 11 plates, eight coffee cups, eight saucers, and a similar match pot. (34)

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