Property from the Estate of WILLIAM VAN NORTWICK TO BE SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BATAVIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BATAVIA, IL
A SEPIA FITZHUGH-PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE

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A SEPIA FITZHUGH-PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1800

Each piece painted at the center with a flower within radiating panels of animals and trellis pattern and surrounded by four clusters of fruit, flowers and scholar's utensils, all below a band of birds perched in branches and butterflies at the rim

A tureen, cover and stand--14¾in. the stand
Two sauce tureens, covers and stands (one with restored handle)--8in. wide
Two rectangular vegetable dishes and covers (one with interior rim chip)--9¾in wide
Two small rectangular vegetable dishes and covers (finial rubbed and fritted)--8 1/8in wide
Twelve dinner plates (restored rim frits, one with rim cracks)--9 7/8in diam.
Ten soup plates (restored rim frits, one with base crack)--10in. diam.
Eight dessert plates (restored rim frits)--8 1/8 in. diam.
A rectangular dish--8¼in. wide
Three graduated oval platters--15¾ in. wide the largest (40)

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