A ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY PIECE ASSEMBLED SERVICE OF ROYAL WORCESTER TRANSFER PRINTED PORCELAIN DINNER WARE IN THE "PURITAN" PATTERN, ENGLAND, DESIGNED 1915, the pattern featuring a turquoise band and oval medallions at the border with pendant laurel and floral comprising twenty-three bread and butter plates, twenty-three salad plates, ten shaped snack plates, twenty-four dinner plates, eleven rim soup bowls, thirty-two saucers, eighteen two handled bouillon cups, twelve tea cups with scalloped rim, sixteen tea cups, two oval serving bowls, two square cake plates, one medium oval serving platter, one square serving dish, one large center bowl, one compote, one gravy boat with attached under plate, one covered sugar bowl, and one cream jug, with puce manufacturer's transfer printed mark including British design registry numbers and date codes.

In overall fair condition with crazing to the glaze, with the following specific issues: bread and butter plates -- one with a chip and one with a crack; salad plates -- one with a crack; snack plates -- all with discoloration to the body and most with cracks; dinner plates -- two with small chips at the rim;soup bowls -- two with cracks; saucers -- two with discoloration, two with cracks, and one with a chip; scalloped rim tea cups -- eight with discoloration; oval serving bowls -- one with heavy discoloration; cake plates -- one with a crack; gravy boat -- discoloration; covered sugar bowl -- overall discoloration and also a chip to the foot; cream jug -- discoloration to the handle.

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