Seventy-Piece Rosenthal Cobalt and Raised Gilt Partial Dinner Service in the "Eminence" Pattern, third quarter 19th century, German, including twelve dinner plates, dia. 10-1/4", eleven soup plates, dia. 8-1/4", eleven salad/dessert plates, dia. 7-3/4", twelve bread and butter plates, dia. 6", and twelve cups, h. 2", with twelve saucers, dia. 5-3/4".

Elegant pattern in overall "like new" condition except where noted. No evidence of actual use. Very scattered small areas of oxidation to the raised gilt laurel leaf bands. Very minor, if any, rubbing to the thin gilt bands. One dinner plate with faint glaze hairline from the recessed center edge to the laurel leaf band (not visible on the reverse). One soup bowl with a spider crack from the rim down and around one-third of the foot with small adjacent losses where the cracks meet. One bread and butter plate with a repaired flake chip (approximately 1" x 1/2") at the rim along with an associated surface loss (approximately 1/4" dia.). One cup with a flake chip at the rim (approximately 1/8" x 1/4").