A MEISSEN PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE IN THE BLUE ONION PATTERN
19th century
With gilt rims, comprising eleven dinner plates eight soup bowls, eight luncheon plates, eight salad plates, eight small bread and butter plates, an oval soup tureen and lid with stand, an oval tureen with lid, a gravy boat with integrated stand, a mustard pot with lid on integrated stand with mustard spoon, a salt cellar with spoon, a round vegetable bowl, a circular vegetable dish with divide, a six-piece divided serving dish, three graduated oval serving platters, a square salad serving bowl, a two-tier pastry stand, a tall pierced cake stand, a pierced footed compote, three pierced plates, a creamer, a mini creamer, a circular tea tile, a spoon rest, eleven teacups and saucers, six demitasse cups and saucers, two additional plain saucers, a pair of candlesticks, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, and a round box and lid, together with associated pieces by other factories comprising two saucers a roast fork and knife, four fruit knives, a pepper grinder, a grater, two fluted pastry wheels, a cheese and cracker board, and a A. H. Annaburg rolling pin in the same pattern, and two Meissen Rich Blue Onion demitasse cups with saucers and two Berlin (Wegely) saucers (131)
height of cake stand 16in (41cm)