Lot Essay
No tureen modelled as polyanthus appears to be recorded, although a rare pair of dishes 8 5/8in. diam., a dish 10 1/2in. diam. and a forth 11 1/16in. diam. have recently appeared at auction in New York. It is possible that one of the larger dishes was conceived as the stand to the present tureen and cover.
Cf. The Collection of Mrs. Claus von Bülow, Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1988, lots 78 and 79 and Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 9 October 1990, lot 25 (formerly in the collection of Marcel Steele, Esq. and sold at Sotheby's London in 1962 with a note that "This type of leaf-dish appears to be entirely unrecorded")
Cf. The Collection of Mrs. Claus von Bülow, Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1988, lots 78 and 79 and Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 9 October 1990, lot 25 (formerly in the collection of Marcel Steele, Esq. and sold at Sotheby's London in 1962 with a note that "This type of leaf-dish appears to be entirely unrecorded")