A Japanese eggshell teaservice comprising a teapot and cover, sugar bowl and cover, milk jug and cover, slop bowl, two plates, twelve side plates, thirteen cups and saucers, all painted and gilt with coiled dragons chasing flaming pearls on a white stippled ground -- the teapot 7¾in. (19.5cm.) high; and eight Chinese teabowls and six spoons decorated with stylised characters and scattered roundles.(a lot)