A Gien faïence part dinner service, circa 1860-70

the borders with Rouen-inspired lambrequin motifs in blue and red, comprising: an oval tureen and two covers, 37 cm. wide; a pair of oval sauce tureens and covers; seven sauceboats and eight stands; 15 pedestal bowls in sizes; five octagonal pedestal bowls; eight footed dishes; a footed bowl; a coffee pot and cover; two coffee cups; 31 cream pots and 34 covers; 20 egg cups in sizes; six twin-salts; a  salt; a mustard pot and cover; an oval fish charger and drainer, 75 cm. wide; a pair of oval fish dishes and drainers; three oval dishes in sizes; six circular dishes in sizes; 10 soup plates; 65 dinner plates; four dessert plates; 12 small side dishes; 31 extra various covers in sizes; various blue factory marks, impressed date letters; damages (255)

Paleis Noordeinde

The overall impression of this extensive dinner service is good. There are variations in the colours of blue. Some parts seem to have been used more frequently than others. The oval tureen and cover with chips. The extra cover: finial lacking and chips. The two sauce tureens with chipped rims, one with a losses to the border of the stand. Of the seven sauce boats circa three with chips and two with chips and cracks. Two (of the 15) circular pedestal bowls with border cracks. One (of the 8) footed dishes with a large shallow chip to the underside of the rim. One coffee cup cracked, one chipped. One cream pot lacking the handle and chipped, circa two pots and five covers with chips. Most egg cups chipped and circa three also with a crack. Two twin salts and the single salt with flaking of the glaze. The mustard pot with a chip to the cover. Two oval dishes (39 and 47.5 cm. wide) with cracks, chips and staining. Two circular dishes (36 and 36.5 cm. diam.) with a crack from border to center. Circa half of the 65 dinner plates chipped. The soup and dessert plates chipped and some cracks. A few small side dishes with chips. In addition to the printed catalogue description this lot comprises 31 various extra covers in sizes (a few chipped). The total number of items is 286.
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Illustrated on p. 171 of the printed catalogue.
The Gien services (lots 574 and 791) were used for lunches during hunting at De Horsten.