An extensive Meissen porcelain Zwiebelmuster (Blue Onion) pattern dinner service, late 19th century and later, blue underglaze crossed swords and other factory marks, with various pressnumbers, comprising: a large bellied oval tureen with lid, approximately 36cm long, 25cm high, a smaller oval tureen with lid, a circular tureen lacking a lid, a circular twin handled footed dish with lid, a circular twin handled urn with lid, the finial a later-replaced yellow-painted tulip, 16.5cm high, an oval tureen with attached saucer and lid, a circular muffin dish with lid, an elongated oval serving platter with scalloped rim, 54cm long, a series of five oval platters with scalloped rims, the largest 52cm long, two large circular dishes with scalloped rims, a two-compartment circular dish with straight division and scalloped rim, two octagonal serving dishes, two small oval dishes with scalloped rims, an oval dish, two oval twin-handled gravy boats with attached saucers, a rectangular deep dish with canted edges, two rectangular dishes with canted edges, a butterfly two-compartment vegetable dish with handle, a rectangular dish with reticulated border, a pentagonal dish with reticulated border, a wrythen jelly mould with twin handles, a wrythen moulded plate with crenelated rim, twenty-three dinner plates with scalloped rims, 24cm diameter, fourteen soup bowls with scalloped rims, twelve medium plates with scalloped rims, ten side plates with scalloped rims, with two further side plates, eight cake plates with reticulated borders, five coffee cups with scalloped rims, six saucers, a small leaf shaped dish, a two compartment salt and pepper tray with handle, and a pair of porcelain handled serving spoons, together with a replacement Blue Onion pattern oval dish, mark for T. K. Thuny, Czechoslovakia, 24cm long, a replacement Blue Onion pattern jug, Czech Republic, 8cm high, a modern Meissen milk jug with blue and white flowers and insects, 16cm high, and a modern Meissen creamer with blue and white flowers and insects, raised on three feet, 10cm high (lot)Condition Report: Overall in good decorative order but with several small condition issues. The small leaf shaped dish with a loss to the rim and a damage impact point. A chip to the rim of one soup bowl, and a small crack and loss to the rim of another. Some loss of glaze to one large rectangular dish. The muffin dish and lid with washed out colours and decoration. One dinner plate with a large crack from rim to well and two very small losses of porcelain to the underside, another with a chip to the rim, two dinner plates with heavy surface dirt and grease. An impact point and crazing to the underside of one side plate, another with a chip to the rim and a hairline crack with very small loss of porcelain. The lid for the twin handled urn with later replaced finial as mentioned in the cataloguing, and also some yellowing restoration to a couple of chips. One gravy boat with a crack through one handle. Nibbles to footrim of one medium plate, small firing flaw to one medium plate. A couple of firing flaws to the tureen lacking a cover. One teacup has been completely broken through and amateurly restored with large crack lines visible. The butterfly dish with a firing crack to the underside. One rectangular dish with a hairline crack through one section of the footrim. a couple of firing cracks to the footrim of the large elongated dish. One oval dish with a dirt-filled hairline crack to one section of the footrim. One oval dish with loss of gilding to the rim. A couple of small firing flaws to the footirm of one large oval dish. A couple of firing flaws to the largest oval dish. General surface dirt and light surface wear and light scratching to porcelain from prior use. Cancellation marks present to: one side plate, one dinner plate, two medium plates, the tureen lacking a cover, one large circular scalloped rim dish, two oval serving dishes.
