CIRCA 1840

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AN AMERICAN MARKET IRON-RED AND GILT PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1840
Each piece painted with the entwined monogram MBS within a circular gilt band, reserved on a ground decorated with fruiting branches, birds and foliage, enriched in gilt, comprising:
An oval two-handled soup tureen, cover and stand
Nine dinner plates, 9 3/8 in. (24 cm.) diameter
A breakfast cup
An egg-cup
Two teacups and two saucers, one saucer decorated with battling warriors
Four larger saucers, 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diameter
A stand painted with four scrolled fan-shaped cartouches with birds amongst flowers, 7 7/8 in. (18.2 cm.) diameter (23)

Lot Essay

A pair of Smith saucers sold Christie's, New York, The British Interior, 21st January 1998, lot 273. The large dinner, tea and coffee service was commissioned for Malcolm Bull Smith of Smithtown, Long Island, New York. See A.Palmer A Winterhur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 73, and also D.S. Howard, New York and The China Trade, p. 123.

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