18th century, includes fourteen items hand painted in cobalt blue with gold featuring crests with initials and decorated with varying levels of ornate floral, ribbon, or cloaking designs, edges and rims are trimmed in blue and gold color scheme.

Largest 7 1/8 in.

The Estate of the late Betsy J. Sykes, Raleigh, NC

Two plates with hairline cracks; a plate with hairline crack and a 1/2 in. area on the rim that has been repaired and repainted; a plate with minor rim chips; most plates have some loss to color and gilding; one cup with repaired cracks; one cup with a hairline crack; some of the cups with discoloration and pitting to their interior surface.