Lot Essay
The design for the present Chinoiserie service was conceived for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II of England to France in April 1957.
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20TH CENTURY, B & CIE MARKS, THE BROWN PRINTED COMMEMORATIVE EXPLANATION IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
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A LIMOGES (BERNARDAUD) PORCELAIN COMMEMORATIVE PART DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE
20TH CENTURY, B & CIE MARKS, THE BROWN PRINTED COMMEMORATIVE EXPLANATION IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
Each decorated with gilt stylized floral sprays, branches and birds, the dinner service comprising:
A soup tureen, cover and stand
A circular vegetable dish and cover
Two salad bowls
Two double-lipped sauceboats on fixed stands
Three oval well and tree platters
Three circular platters
A smaller circular platter
Four oval celery trays
17 two-handled soup cups and 18 stands
18 soup plates
40 dinner plates
Six ashtrays
The dessert service comprising:
A coffee-pot and cover
A hot milk jug and cover
A two-handled sugar bowl and cover
Two rectangular two-handled pastry stands
A circular cake plate
18 coffee-cups and 15 saucers
12 demitasse cups and 13 saucers
18 dessert plates
Together with a Continental gilt white seafood dish, impressed CF mark, modeled as a gilt crayfish centering two oblong shell-shaped dishes, small scallop shells at each end for sauce or butter
17 in. wide overall, the soup tureen and stand (192)
20TH CENTURY, B & CIE MARKS, THE BROWN PRINTED COMMEMORATIVE EXPLANATION IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
Each decorated with gilt stylized floral sprays, branches and birds, the dinner service comprising:
A soup tureen, cover and stand
A circular vegetable dish and cover
Two salad bowls
Two double-lipped sauceboats on fixed stands
Three oval well and tree platters
Three circular platters
A smaller circular platter
Four oval celery trays
17 two-handled soup cups and 18 stands
18 soup plates
40 dinner plates
Six ashtrays
The dessert service comprising:
A coffee-pot and cover
A hot milk jug and cover
A two-handled sugar bowl and cover
Two rectangular two-handled pastry stands
A circular cake plate
18 coffee-cups and 15 saucers
12 demitasse cups and 13 saucers
18 dessert plates
Together with a Continental gilt white seafood dish, impressed CF mark, modeled as a gilt crayfish centering two oblong shell-shaped dishes, small scallop shells at each end for sauce or butter
17 in. wide overall, the soup tureen and stand (192)
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