Lot 263
  • 263

A PARIS GREEN-BORDERED ARMORIAL PART DINNER SERVICE FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • porcelain
painted with colorful flowers, the green borders reserved with a coat-of-arms, comprising: a twenty six-and-a-half-inch oval platter, two thirteen-and-a-half-inch oval platters, two small deep oval dishes, a soup tureen and a cover, an ice pail and cover, a circular dish and two covers, two sauce boats and stands, a footed circular dish, eight custard cups, four covers and stand, fourteen dinner plates, ten soup plates, ten dessert plates, nine side plates, and ten cups and nine saucers, some marked Feuillet in green, brown, blue or gold script, various incised marks. 92 pieces.

Condition

Dinner plates- One wirh a very small chip below the rim and an approximate 1/2-inch hairline crack extending from it. Soup plates- One completely oversprayed around the rim, making it difficult to know what the exact nature of restoration is. Sauceboats- One with two approximate 1 1/2-inch hairline cracks running from the rim towards the bottom. Soup tureen- Please note that the cover is ill-fitting. The tureen has an extended hairline crack running from the rim all the way to the stem. There are two very small chips around where the hairline crack starts on the rim. Ice pail has two extended hairline cracks running from the rim all the way to the bottom; the cover with an approximate 1 1/2-inch restored chip below the rim. One cover to the custard cup with a very small restored chip. Please also note that the two covers are ill-fitting to the circular dish.
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.