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A VERY EXTENSIVE NIDERVILLER PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPES' DINNER SERVICE, Custine period, painted in colours, with various oval green-garlanded and purple-wreathed medallions enclosing italianate landscapes depicting antique ruins and architectural structures with wayfarers (ruines antiques et personnages), further scattered with flowersprays, the shaped edge dentiled in blue, comprising;
- a pair of urn-shaped pedestal ice-coolers (seaux à glace à piédouche) with cover, in the neoclassical style, with two side handles à la grecque enclosing a ring, the stepped domed cover surmounted with an acorn-style-shaped finial, 31 cm high - a very large circular tureen with cover, the domed cover en suite with geometrical handle, 24.5 cm high, circa 27 cm diam. - a large twohandled oval tureen with cover, the bulging body applied with scrolled handles, the domed cover en suite with geometrical handle, circa 36 cm wide - a pair of small twohandled oval tureens with covers, en suite to the preceding, circa 26 cm wide - a pair of small twohandled circular mustard barrels (moutardiers) with covers, the body modelled as a barrel, the domed cover surmounted with a geometrical handle and two tiny handles to each side (one tiny handle broken) 10 cm diam. - a pair of singlehandled narrow-lipped sauceboats (saucières) on pedestal base, the handle C-scrolled, 24.5 cm wide - one twohandled lozenge-shaped ribbed sugar box (sucrier de forme ogivale) with cover, the handles modelled as gnarled branches, the shaped domed cover applied with a branch en suite to the preceding, with one opening for a spoon, 17 cm wide - two extra covers en suite to the preceding - a pair of twohandled pierced ajour oval baskets, the inside with a medallion, 26 cm wide - a pair of twohandled pierced ajour baskets, the inside with a flowerspray, each side with one medallion, 26 cm wide - one twohandled ajour oval basket, the inside unpierced, each side with one medallion, the rim with pierced arches (one arch broken) 25.5 cm wide - a pair of ajour circular dishes, the rim with pierced arches, circa 24 cm diam. - one ajour oval dish, the rim with pierced arches, 26 cm wide - a pair of circular salad bowls (saladiers), 26.5 cm diam. - a pair of square side dishes (raviers carrés), 23 cm wide - eight circular shallow bowls (raviers ronds), 20 cm diam. - four lozenge-shaped shallow side dishes (raviers ogivaux), 22 cm wide - a pair of oval shallow side dishes, (raviers ovales), with large medallion, 28 cm wide - a pair of oval shallow sidedishes (raviers ovales) with small medallion, 28.5 cm wide - one oval shallow sidedish (ravier ovale) (repaired and chipped), 28.5 cm wide - five oval sidedishes (raviers ovales) 30 cm wide - one oval sidedish, 32 cm wide - four oval sidedishes, 36 cm wide - one oval sidedish, 32 cm wide - four oval sidedishes, 36 cm wide - two oval sidedishes, 37.5 cm wide - four oval chargers, 40 cm wide - two large oval chargers (grands plats ovales), 47 cm wide - one large oval charger (grand plat ovale) (very damaged), 46 cm wide - a very large deep circular charger (très grand plat profond), 43.5 cm diam. - five large circular chargers (grands plats), 42 cm diam. - three large circular chargers, 36.5 cm diam. - one large circular charger (chipped), 36 cm diam. - two circular chargers, 32 cm diam. - one circular charger, 34 cm diam. - four circular chargers, 30 cm diam. - even circular dishes (grandes assiettes), 27.5 cm diam. - one hundred and twenty-six various circular dishes (assiettes, 24 - 24.5 cm diam.
(various damages) some variously marked with an overglaze N and crowned interlaced CC for Adam Philibert, Comte de Custine (1775-1780) (212)
