Lot Essay
This service is from a production limited to one thousand services, of which this is number 222. The original design by Dali is kept in the Dali Museum in Figueras, Spain.
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PROPERTY OF A CONNECTICUT COLLECTOR
A SCHIRNDING PORCELAIN 'SALVADOR DALI' SERVICE IN FITTED TRUNK
CIRCA 1979, MARKED FOR SCHIRNDING, INSCRIBED SIRENAS PEINADAS CON CORAL Y HORMIGA, DALI, 1977, FURTHER EXTENSIVELY INSCRIBED AND NUMBERED
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A SCHIRNDING PORCELAIN 'SALVADOR DALI' SERVICE IN FITTED TRUNK
CIRCA 1979, MARKED FOR SCHIRNDING, INSCRIBED SIRENAS PEINADAS CON CORAL Y HORMIGA, DALI, 1977, FURTHER EXTENSIVELY INSCRIBED AND NUMBERED
Each decorated with mermaids flanked by red coral, Dali's signatures and small symbolic depictions of a fisherman, an ant, a snail, a sailboat, a nude maiden and a bird, with gilt rims, comprising:
A soup tureen and cover
A sauceboat and stand
A salad bowl
Three graduated rectangular serving dishes in sizes
Twelve soup bowls
Twenty-three dinner plates
Twelve salad plates
Twelve two-handled soup bowls and saucers
Two small bowls
A coffee-pot and cover
A sugar-bowl and cover
A cream-jug
Twelve coffee cups and saucers
11 in. (29 cm.) wide, the soup tureen overall
CIRCA 1979, MARKED FOR SCHIRNDING, INSCRIBED SIRENAS PEINADAS CON CORAL Y HORMIGA, DALI, 1977, FURTHER EXTENSIVELY INSCRIBED AND NUMBERED
Each decorated with mermaids flanked by red coral, Dali's signatures and small symbolic depictions of a fisherman, an ant, a snail, a sailboat, a nude maiden and a bird, with gilt rims, comprising:
A soup tureen and cover
A sauceboat and stand
A salad bowl
Three graduated rectangular serving dishes in sizes
Twelve soup bowls
Twenty-three dinner plates
Twelve salad plates
Twelve two-handled soup bowls and saucers
Two small bowls
A coffee-pot and cover
A sugar-bowl and cover
A cream-jug
Twelve coffee cups and saucers
11 in. (29 cm.) wide, the soup tureen overall