A Beech & Hancock Staffordshire transfer-printed 'Pekin' pattern part dinner service, late 19th century each transfer-printed with chinoiserie scenes enclosed by circular and foliate borders, iron-red rims, comprising: seventeen dinner plates, eighteen soup plates, twenty-two side plates, eighteen dessert plates, four vegetable tureens and covers, a two-handled soup tureen, stand and cover, a pair of sauce boats, stands and covers, five oval serving dishes, in sizes, a meat platter and strainer, a pair of small strainers, and a pair of bowls, formerly ladles, some staining, chips and wear, green-printed factory mark, purple painted numerals, the largest platter 50cm wide (92)