AN EXTENSIVE DODIE THAYER POTTERY LETTUCE WARE SERVICE, MODERN

Lot Closed

August 12, 03:32 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Lady

AN EXTENSIVE DODIE THAYER POTTERY LETTUCE WARE SERVICE, MODERN

comprising:

a large oval serving platter, 21 in., 53.3 cm wide;

a large circular serving platter, 18 in., 45.7 cm diam.;

2 large candle sticks, 11 1/4 in., 28.5 cm high;

18 dinner plates, 10 1/8 in., 25.6 cm diam.;

18 salad plates, 8 1/4 in., 21 cm diam.;

18 bread and butter plates, 6 3/8 in., 16.2 cm diam.;

18 soup bowls 5 5/8 in., 14.3 cm diam.;

1 serving bowl 9 1/8, 23.2 cm diam.;

2 butter pads;

4 salt and pepper shakers;

a large teapot and cover;

a large coffee pot and cover;

22 cups and saucers;

a cream jug;

a two-handled sugar pot and spoon;

a small round bowl;

3 small flower holders, and three cigarette lighters,

various Dodie Thayer incised and painted marks. 141 pieces

Please note the condition report should read, For a service of this size the overall condition and appearance is excellent. 5 plates, 8 1/4 in. diam, with a small flat rim chip.

Doris DuBois Thayer Hawthorn, better known as Dodie, began modestly creating lettuce leaf designs in her home workshop in the early 1960s.

“I wanted to do something creative and I liked working with my hands, so I took up ceramics.”

Quoted in Marian King, The Greening Of Tableware, Palm Beach Daily News

Throughout her career the unmistakable green-glaze of Dodie Thayer’s wares attracted the attention of some of the greatest American socialites of the 20^th century, including:

the Duchess of Windsor;

C.Z Guest (sold by her daughter Cornelia Guest, at Sotheby’s New York, October 17, 2015, lots 500-508, for $112,875);

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (sold at Sotheby’s New York, April 23-26, 1996);

Mary Sayles Booker Braga (sold, Sotheby’s New York, October 19-20, 2015, lots 72, 313, 589-590 for $76,875)

and Barbara and Frank Sinatra (sold, Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra, Sotheby’s New York, December 6, 2018, lot 51, $37,500);

Most recently a large selection was included in the sale of the Estate of Mario Buatta, Prince of Interiors Sotheby’s New York, January 23-24, 2020, lot 202 ($60,000)