Mitchells
Lot 50
120 pieces of Booths Real Old Willow pattern dinnerware, including large tureen, three lidded tureens, eight dinner plates, twelve side plates, fourteen cups, twelve saucers, etc. CONDITION REPORT: The dinner service is generally in good, clean condition. Most pieces being crisp and bright. There is the usual rubbing to the gilding at the edges of some of the pieces which is to be expected. Damaged items are as follows: One large plate has an underside edge chip. One medium size plate is a little discoloured, another is quite badly crazed, cracked and chipped. Both oval open serving dishes are a little discoloured and crazed, one more so than the other. The large circular lidded tureen is a little dirty to the interior and has two internal edge chips to the lid support. The large sugar basin in crazed and discoloured. Four of the small tea cups are chipped and damaged. One egg cup is discoloured. One large cup is chipped. Two saucers have small chips. The teapot has a very small chip to the underside edge of the spout. The coffee pot has a similar small chip. The two circular serving dishes are cracked and badly stained although the lid is in good order. All remaining pieces are in generally good condition with only very minor discolouration and rubbing to the gilding.
