Sale 3758
New York
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28 - 29 July 2015
Price realised
USD 750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
AN ASSEMBLED PORTUGUESE IRON-RED DECORATED PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE, VARIOUSLY MARKED FOR VISTA ALEGRE OR MOTTAHEDEH, 20TH CENTURY, each piece variously decorated in the 'Chinese Export' taste with stylized foliage and birds, the Vista Alegre comprising twenty-two dinner plates, twelve lunch plates, a pair of small saucer tureens with stands and covers; and the Mottahedeh comprising a pair of shaped shell-form dishes, two oval dishes and covers, and three salts The dinner plates 10in. (25.5cm.) diameter
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