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A VIENNA PORCELAIN APPLE-GREEN GROUND ORNITHOLOGICAL PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1812-13, MOST PIECES WITH BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED DATE MARKS FOR 1812 OR 1813 TO MOST, TWO PLATES SIGNED LAMPRECHT
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A VIENNA PORCELAIN APPLE-GREEN GROUND ORNITHOLOGICAL PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1812-13, MOST PIECES WITH BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED DATE MARKS FOR 1812 OR 1813 TO MOST, TWO PLATES SIGNED LAMPRECHT
Each finely painted with bird vignette to the center, the rims with gilt grapevine bands, comprising: two sauce-tureens and covers; two pierced baskets and stands; two square dishes; four circular dishes; twenty-two plates of which nineteen are Vienna and three are French; together with two English fruit coolers and covers, probably Coalport
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) diameter, the basket stands
Provenance
Mr. W. Norris, Wood Norton, Norfolk, England (the fruit coolers, the plates, two circular and two square dishes). Arthur S. Vernay, New York (the fruit coolers, the plates, two circular and two square dishes). Acquired December 1954 (the fruit coolers, the plates, two circular and two square dishes). Acquired March 1955, gift of Oscar Cintas (the sugar-bowls, baskets and the two other circular dishes).
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 158-159, no. 172.
Special notice
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