A PARIS PORCELAIN PART DINNER SERVICE 19TH CENTURY

comprising twenty-two dinner plates, twelve soup plates, twelve salad plates, two oval sauce tureens, covers and fixed stands, two circular vegetable dishes and covers, an oval soup tureen and cover, an 19-inch oval platter, a 16-1/2-inch oval platter and two 13- inch oval platters. 60 pieces.

All in generally good condition, except: Some occasional, very minor rubbing to the gilding around the rim edge. Dinner plates: One with a foot rimchip. Soup plates: One with a foot rimchip. Salad plates: One plate has a restored and regilt area extending for about 3 inches at the rim edge and a related 1-inch flat rimchip. Another plate has a 1-inch restored and regilt area and a further related 1-1/2-inch haircrack running down the rim edge. Soup tureen: The knob of the cover has been off and secured back to the cover with a metal wire repair. Sauce tureens: One tureen has a 2 by 1/8 inch area broken off from the rim edge and glued back. 15-inch platter has a 3/4-inch restored rimchip. 18-inch oval platter: There is a 1-inch by 1-inch flat chip to the underside of the rim edge and a related small triangular loss and a 1-inch haircrack running down the rim edge; which has been initially restored and now broken; remaining overspray is old and yellow.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.