CIRCA 1785

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A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE BORDERED INITIALED PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1785
Each enameled with a shield bearing the initials SCF beneath a dragon crest and mantling, within blue spearhead and trellis bands, comprising:
A soup tureen, cover and stand, 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high, overall
Two vegetable dishes and covers, 10½ in. (26.8 cm.) wide
A sauce tureen, cover and stand, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, overall
A square serving bowl, 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide
Two large saucer dishes, 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter
Two mazarine platters and strainers, 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) wide
Eleven graduated platters: a single 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) wide; a pair 15¾ in. (40 cm.) wide; a single 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) wide; three 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) wide; a pair 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; a pair 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
Eighteen soup plates, 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm.) wide
Fourty-four dinner plates, 9 3/8 i.n (23.9 cm.) wide
Eighteen side plates, 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
Together with:
A sauce tureen, cover and stand with the arms of Robertson impaling Stewart, circa 1790, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (111)

Provenance

The collection of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, Englewood, New Jersey.
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Charles Lindbergh, the famed aviator who completed the first solo nonstop flight between New York and Paris in May 1927, and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, renowned author and aviatrix, met in Mexico City soon after his landmark flight, introduced by Anne's father, Dwight Morrow, United States ambassador to Mexico and later a US Senator representing New Jersey. The 23-year old Smith graduate and the world famous aviator were married in New Jersey two years later; by family tradition both this service and the initialed service, lot 414, were wedding presents to the young couple.

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