An Improved Stone China Arabesque pattern blue printed part dinner service, probably Minton, 19th century, comprising tree and well meat platter, six graduated oval platters, two-handled footed centrepiece bowl, three vegetable dishes and four covers, two sauce tureens, covers, stands and ladles, footed circular stand, three rectangular dishes, twenty-three dinner plates, six dessert plates and nine smaller plates (faults and restoration), together with a silver mounted cut glass sugar sifter.