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Four Piece Pickard Hand Painted French Porcelain Tea Set, One With Chip As Pictured. - A set of four French porcelain vessels featuring hand painted decoration by Pickard China. The set comprises a lidded teapot, a double-handled sugar bowl, a creamer, and a coordinating saucer. Each piece is constructed with a distinctive hexagonal, angular body. The hand painted floral pattern depicts pink columbine-style blossoms, blue buds, and green foliage, further accented by fine horizontal gold banding. The handles, spouts, and rims are finished with heavy gold gilding. The handles and teapot spout exhibit a sharp, upward-sweeping Art Deco form. The underside of the saucer bears two distinct marks: a green underglaze stamp consisting of a stylized intertwined A and C over the word FRANCE, and a circular brown overglaze stamp reading HANDPAINTED, W, PICKARD, A, CHINA. The porcelain is bone-coloured with a smooth, glazed finish. Diameter of saucer: 8 3/8 inches.