CHAPUS Frères, Limoges. Part of a white porcelain dinner service with friezes of pearls in relief and rich gold decoration of vegetal friezes and central monogram "RS", comprising : - twenty five dinner plates, D_25,5 cm - twelve dessert plates, D_22,5 cm - thirteen soup plates, - two ramekins, - two circular dishes, one hollow, D_31,5 and 29,5 cm, - a large oval vegetable dish and its frame, - a salad bowl, - a sauceboat with adhering tray, A total of 57 pieces.

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