A UNIQUE MODERN LIMOGES (BERNARDAUD) PART SERVICE

DESIGNED IN 1983, GOLD PRINTED BACK STAMP AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTE IN FRENCH

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A UNIQUE MODERN LIMOGES (BERNARDAUD) PART SERVICE
Designed in 1983, gold printed back stamp and descriptive note in French
The streamline forms with shaped loop handles, the convex borders resist-decorated in brown with variant striated patterns in imitation of moiré silk, gilt line rims, comprising:
An oval soup tureen and cover
Two oval vegetable dishes and covers
Two double-lipped sauceboats on fixed stands
An oval fish platter
Nine graduated oval platters in six sizes
Two deep circular platters
Two circular platters
A flat circular tray
A two-handled circular dish
A bombé salad bowl
A shallow bowl
Sixteen dinner plates
Eighteen side plates
Eighteen crescent-shape salad plates
Eighteen soup plates
Nineteen two-handled soup cups and eighteen stands
Sixteen dessert/salad plates
Eighteen dessert bowls
A rectangular cake tray
A pear-shape coffee-pot and cover
A pear-shape teapot and cover
A baluster-form cream-jug
A bombé sugar-bowl and cover
A cylindrical coffee-pot and cover
A cylindrical milk-jug
A cylindrical cream-jug
A cylindrical two-handled sugar-bowl and cover
Seventeen bombé breakfast or large teacups and eighteen saucers
Seventeen coffee-cans and saucers
Seventeen demitasse cups and eighteen saucers (204)

拍品专文

The 'Moire' pattern was designed for Clarence House and produced by the noted Limoges porcelain manufacturer, Bernardaud, in blue and pink. The present service is a unique example in brown, produced expressly for Robin Roberts as noted in French on the bottom of each piece: Ce service "MOIRE BRONZE" a été exécuté spécialement et en un seul exemplaire pour Monsieur ROBIN ROBERTS. (This "Moire Bronze" service has been produced as a unique special order for Mr. Robin Roberts).