Coffee/tea service ''Cobalt Net'' for 6 persons Lomonosov/Emperial Porcelain Manufactory St. Petersburg, 2nd half of 20th c., (design: Serafina Yakovleva), porcelain, glazed, with cobalt blue painting in underglaze, godroned wall with surrounding grid, accented with gold stars and gold lace, with gold rims, 25-pcs. ass. consisting of: a coffee pot, a teapot, 6 cups + 7 saucers, 6 pastry plates, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, a round pastry bowl and a small foot bowl, each with red manufactory mark and brush mark on the bottom, some with incised marks, h: up to 19 cm (coffee pot), d: up to 22 cm (pastry bowl).

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