A LIMOGES PORCELAIN PART DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE Early 20th Century

comprising: eight oval platters in three sizes, four oval soup tureens and covers, two circular soup tureens and covers, a shaped oval platter, a footed circular bowl, two shell-shaped circular dishes in two sizes, two oval deep dishes, two sauceboats and fixed stands, a sauce tureen, cover and fixed stand, eighty dinner plates, eighty dessert plates, forty small fan-shaped dishes, a sugar bowl and cover, two wastebowls, a small circular dish, strainer and cover, a milk jug, forty tea cups and eighty saucers, printed factory marks. 358 pieces.

Edward S. Harkness (1874 -1940) and Mary Stillman Harkness (1874 - 1950), 1 East 75th Street, New York, and by descent

All in generally good condition with some very minor occasional wear to gilding, except: Sauce tureen has a pinhead chip to the rim. Dinner plates: Three dinner plates, each with a small rim chip. Dessert plates: Two dessert plates each have a small rim chip; one has a minor 1-inch rim chip to the inner foot rim. Teacups and saucers: One cup has a handle with a tiny chip at its end; second one with a hairline crack running from the rim to the foot; one saucer has a minor 1/8-inch rim chip. *Please note that there are 40 cups and saucers and 40 berry dishes; not 80 saucers as listed. Berry dishes: Five berry dishes have a small rim chip; one has a long hairline crack across the center.
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.

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