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A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE DINNER SERVICE
19TH CENTURY
Each piece richly enamelled with a bouquet of fruits and flowers tied up in a blue ribbon, small birds perched on the stems or flying above and butterflies and insects hovering nearby, all within an inner border of gilt-edged lime-green ground ruyi heads, the rims with bright blue rocks issuing a profusion of pink peony and prunus, further songbirds, insects and butterflies amidst the foliage, gilt rims, comprising:
A soup tureen, cover and stand
Four square vegetable dishes and covers
A pair of oval vegetable dishes and covers
A pair of sauce tureens, covers and stands
A square bowl
A pair of shell dishes
A pair of kidney-shaped dishes
A pair of square serving dishes
A pair of rectangular serving dishes
Two pairs of oval platters--13 and 14 1/8in. ( and cm.) wide
An oval platter--15¾in. ( cm.) wide
A large oval platter--17in. ( cm.) wide
An oval platter and strainer--17½in. ( cm.) wide
An oval well-and-tree platter--19in. ( cm.) wide
A large oval platter--19¾in. ( cm.) wide
Twenty-two dinner plates (three broken and repaired, tiny chips or lines)--9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam.
Seventeen soup plates (one broken and repaired, tiny chips or lines) --9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam.
Eight side plates (tiny chips or lines)--8in. (20.3cm.) diam.
Eighteen coffee cups and saucers (scattered tiny chips and cracks) (92)
19TH CENTURY
Each piece richly enamelled with a bouquet of fruits and flowers tied up in a blue ribbon, small birds perched on the stems or flying above and butterflies and insects hovering nearby, all within an inner border of gilt-edged lime-green ground ruyi heads, the rims with bright blue rocks issuing a profusion of pink peony and prunus, further songbirds, insects and butterflies amidst the foliage, gilt rims, comprising:
A soup tureen, cover and stand
Four square vegetable dishes and covers
A pair of oval vegetable dishes and covers
A pair of sauce tureens, covers and stands
A square bowl
A pair of shell dishes
A pair of kidney-shaped dishes
A pair of square serving dishes
A pair of rectangular serving dishes
Two pairs of oval platters--13 and 14 1/8in. ( and cm.) wide
An oval platter--15¾in. ( cm.) wide
A large oval platter--17in. ( cm.) wide
An oval platter and strainer--17½in. ( cm.) wide
An oval well-and-tree platter--19in. ( cm.) wide
A large oval platter--19¾in. ( cm.) wide
Twenty-two dinner plates (three broken and repaired, tiny chips or lines)--9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam.
Seventeen soup plates (one broken and repaired, tiny chips or lines) --9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam.
Eight side plates (tiny chips or lines)--8in. (20.3cm.) diam.
Eighteen coffee cups and saucers (scattered tiny chips and cracks) (92)
Further details
END OF FIRST SESSION