Meissen large dinner service "Onion pattern" for twelve persons, 38 pieces, underglaze blue sword marks from 1860, 1st, 2nd and 4th choice, embossed and brush numbers, shape "Neuer Schnitt". Choice, embossed and brush numbers, "Neuer Ausschnitt" form, decoration in fine cobalt blue underglaze painting, each consisting of twelve dinner and soup plates, a tureen, sauce boat and oval platter, three square bowls, two small round bowls and leaf bowls, an oval bowl, a ladle and a spoon, sauce boat with chip, otherwise good condition for age, D plates 24 and 25 cm each, L platter 37 cm, L tureen 30 cm, dimensions bowl max. 27 x 27 cm.

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