comprising a large serving platter, eight dinner plates, and eight small leaf-shaped dishes, all decorated in gilt and partly burnished gilt scrolling acanthus leaves, with blue or black Imperial ciphers of Nicholas I; with eight later dinner plates with conforming decoration, Eduard Schinkel or J.F. Maercklin, Stuttgart

all of the pieces with some losses or rubbing to gilding; the platter with a small forming flaw to one edge; one dinner plate with a triangular loss to one edge and another with a forming flaw and glaze crack; the leaf-shaped dishes with rubbing to gilding, particularly on the fronts of the handles; one with firing and/or glaze flaws to the underside
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."