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A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1830
Richly enamelled with various scenes of courtiers in palace garden settings, including boys riding spotted deer, all within borders filled with a profusion of birds, insects and blossoms interrupted by four fan-shaped panels of exotic bird vignettes against a blue ruyi sceptre and a blue chime, comprising:
An oval soup tureen, cover and stand, small chip to stand, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide
Two rectangular vegetable dishes and covers, one corner fritted, 9½ and 9 1/8in. (24.1 and 23.1cm.) wide
A pair of scalloped bowls, two small and two minute rim chips, 9½in. (24.1cm.) wide
A kidney-shaped dish, 10 5/8in. (27cm.) wide
A mazarine platter and strainer, 18¼in. (46.4cm.) wide
A well-and-tree platter, 16½in. (42cm.) wide
Three oval platters, minute chip to largest, small chip to next, 13, 10¼ and 8¼in. (33, 26 and 21cm.) wide
Eight dinner plates, two chipped, one with center line, 9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) diam.
Eighteen soup plates, eight with small or tiny chips, one with a large and three tiny chips, 9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) diam.
Twenty-one dessert plates, one with rim crack, one with short line, five with tiny chips, 7 7/8in. (20cm.) diam.
Nine butter plates, one with two tiny chips, two with short lines, 6 3/8in (16.2cm.) diam. (67)
CIRCA 1830
Richly enamelled with various scenes of courtiers in palace garden settings, including boys riding spotted deer, all within borders filled with a profusion of birds, insects and blossoms interrupted by four fan-shaped panels of exotic bird vignettes against a blue ruyi sceptre and a blue chime, comprising:
An oval soup tureen, cover and stand, small chip to stand, 14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide
Two rectangular vegetable dishes and covers, one corner fritted, 9½ and 9 1/8in. (24.1 and 23.1cm.) wide
A pair of scalloped bowls, two small and two minute rim chips, 9½in. (24.1cm.) wide
A kidney-shaped dish, 10 5/8in. (27cm.) wide
A mazarine platter and strainer, 18¼in. (46.4cm.) wide
A well-and-tree platter, 16½in. (42cm.) wide
Three oval platters, minute chip to largest, small chip to next, 13, 10¼ and 8¼in. (33, 26 and 21cm.) wide
Eight dinner plates, two chipped, one with center line, 9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) diam.
Eighteen soup plates, eight with small or tiny chips, one with a large and three tiny chips, 9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) diam.
Twenty-one dessert plates, one with rim crack, one with short line, five with tiny chips, 7 7/8in. (20cm.) diam.
Nine butter plates, one with two tiny chips, two with short lines, 6 3/8in (16.2cm.) diam. (67)