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A VERY EXTENSIVE TOURNAI PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE 'LA RONDA' PART DINNER SERVICE, painted with the usual flowerbranch motifs, some with a bird (décor à l'oiseau, this is a later variety of the décor à la mouche) part ozier-edged and part with spiral twist moulded border, comprising;
- one large circular tureen with domed cover, with loop handles, the cover with interlaced gnarled branch handle, 39 cm wide - one large circular tureen with bulging domed cover, with corn handles, the cover with interlaced branch handle, 34 cm wide - one large oval tureen with domed cover, with loop handles, the cover with interlaced gnarled branch handle, 36 cm wide - one oval tureen with domed cover, with corn handles, the cover with interlaced branch handle, 30 cm wide - one oval tureen with domed cover, with loop handles, the cover with interlaced gnarled branch handle, 27 cm wide - a pair of small oval tureens with domed covers, with arched handles, the covers with interlaced handles, 18 cm wide - one small circular tureen with domed cover, with arched handles, the cover with interlaced handle, 16 cm wide - one bulging moutardier (mustard cup) with ear handle, with flat cover, 8 cm high - one bulging moutardier (mustard cup) with ear handle, the domed cover with berry finial, 8 cm high - a pair of very large deep circular grands plats profonds (chargers), 44 cm diam. - one large circular grand plat (charger), 41 cm diam. - five large circular chargers, 40 cm diam. - five large circular chargers, 38.5 cm diam. - two large circular chargers, 38 cm diam. - one circular charger, 35 cm diam. - three circular chargers, 34 cm diam. - a pair of circular chargers, 31 cm diam. - five circular chargers, 28 cm diam. - one large oval charger, 49.5 cm wide - a pair of large oval chargers, 43.5 cm wide - a pair of oval chargers, 41 cm wide - six oval chargers, 36.5 cm wide - one oval charger, 34 cm wide - seven oval chargers, 32.5 cm wide - one oval charger, 30 cm wide - four oval chargers, 27 cm wide (the following bowls without a ledge (marli); - three square saladiers (bowls) with canted corners, 22.5 cm wide - two square saladiers (bowls) with canted corners, 25.5 cm wide - two lozenge-shaped raviers à entremets (sidedishes), 25 cm wide - two deep circular saladiers (bowls), 24.5 cm diam. - five circular bowls, 28.5 cm diam. - sixteen circular bowls, 23.5 cm diam. - two circular bowls, 25 cm diam. - ten circular bowls, 24.5 cm diam. - three circular shallow sidedishes, 23 cm diam. - four circular shallow sidedishes, 21.5 cm diam. - four circular shallow sidedishes, 19.5 cm diam. - twohundred and twenty-four circular dishes with a ledge (marli) in sizes 22.5 - 25.5 cm diam.,
various marks, troisième période (1775-1800) and early 19th Century for the décor à l'oiseau (the condition of the service is excellent, mid July 1992: one shallow sidedish with a hairline crack, nine dishes chipped) (337)
