VILLEROY & BOCH. Ceramic "Nimrod" dinner service decorated with hunting scenes, including : - twelve dinner plates, D_25.5 cm - eleven dessert plates, D_20.5 cm - two oval platters of two sizes, W_40 cm and W_33.5 cm - two covered vegetable dishes, H_14.5 cm W_26 cm D_21 cm - a compotier, H_8 cm W_28 cm D_28 cm - a gravy boat and its frame, H_12.5 cm W_22 cm D_15 cm - eleven mugs, H_12.5 cm A total of 40 pieces. Mark under the base. Four mugs damaged (2 with chips and 2 with cracks), one large plate and one small plate with chip on reverse.

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