Extensive "Old Limoges" Partial Dinner Service, third quarter 19th century, retailed by Kerr's "China Hall" of Philadelphia, marked in rouge de fer "China Hall, Phila., Jas. K. Kerr, Paris, 11 R. de Paradis", decorated with a black running fret punctuated with roundels of classical heads on a blue ground with "jeweled" gilt surrounds, the set comprised of a soup tureen, h. 10-1/2", w. 13-1/2", d. 10", a pair of covered vegetable dishes, h. 7-1/4", w. 12", d. 8", an open vegetable dish, h. 2-3/4", w. 11", d. 8", a round covered vegetable dish, h. 7", dia. 8-3/4", a sauce boat on integral stand, h. 4", w. 9-1/2", d. 5-3/4", a punch bowl, h. 4-3/4", dia. 10-1/4", a compote, h. 3-3/4", dia. 8-3/4", a comport, h. 2", dia. 8-3/4", a nest of six graduated platters, w. 11" to 23-1/4", d. 8-3/4" to 16", a fish platter, w. 27", d. 9-1/2", a pair of pot-de-creme stands, w. 14-1/4", d. 10-1/2", eleven covered pot-de-creme cups, h. 3-1/2", dia. 2-1/2", with three additional covers, thirty-two dinner plates, dia. 9-1/2", fifteen soup plates, dia. 9-1/4", fourteen salad/dessert plates, dia. 8-1/4", twenty-two broth bowls, dia. 7-3/4", four coffee cups, h. 2-1/2", and fourteen saucers, dia. 4-3/4".

In overall very good condition. Some firing anomalies (glaze pops, slips and stilt marks) as to be expected with 19th-century Limoges. Light scattered wear to the gilding (notably the rims) and light surface scratches to some bowl wells, which is consistent with cutlery use. Covered round vegetable dish has an x-shaped hairline crack (3" x 1-1/4"). Minute chip and hairline crack to edge of handle on one covered vegetable dish. A 1/2" hairline crack to rim of comport. A few minute chips to the foot rim of one soup bowl. One pot-de-creme cup has been broken and repaired. Another has been repaired - inpainting and crack seams lightly visible. A 1/2" chip to internal rim of one lid. Five saucers have small surface chips - three are on the rim, the other two are on the foot rims. One broth bowl has a 2-1/4" vertical hairline crack that runs from the rim to the well. Two other broth bowls have chipped foot rims.