MODERN, BLUE PRINTED AND IMPRESSED FACTORY MARKS AND VARIOUS PAINTED LETTERS AND NUMERALS

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AN EXTENSIVE HEREND PORCELAIN 'ROTHSCHILD BIRDS' PATTERN PART TABLE-SERVICE
MODERN, BLUE PRINTED AND IMPRESSED FACTORY MARKS AND VARIOUS PAINTED LETTERS AND NUMERALS
Printed and painted with birds perched in branches and insects, comprising:
A large oval two-handled soup-tureen, cover and stand
A smaller oval two-handled soup-tureen and cover with bird finial
A circular soup-tureen and cover
Three circular two-handled vegetable tureens and covers
A circular two-handled vegetable tureen and cover with bird finial
A circular two-handled sauce-tureen and cover
Three circular covers
A shaped square salad-bowl
A shaped circular serving-bowl
A shaped circular serving-dish
An oval bowl
A shaped circular bowl
Three oval serving-platters in two sizes
Two two-handled long spoon-trays in two sizes
A large circular serving-platter
A circular tray
A fish-platter
Two ladles
Two double-lipped two-handled sauce-boats on fixed stands
A large double-lipped two-handled sauce-boat and cover
Two double-lipped two-handled sauce-boats
Two single-handled sauce-boats
A two-handled square dish
Two leaf-shaped dishes
A two-handled oval dish
A leaf-shaped dish with scroll handle
Two shaped-square dishes with pierced gallery sides
A pierced wine-coaster
Two small oval dishes
An oval footed vase
Two two-handled baluster vases and covers
A small flared beaker vase
A smaller footed flared beaker vase
A two-light candelabra
A candlestick
Five small pickle dishes in various forms
Two one-handled double-salts
Three triangular pickle-dishes
A small condiment-pot and cover
A circular box and cover
A rectangular pierced dish
An egg-cup
Eight small ash-trays
A tankard
Five dinner-plates with spirally moulded borders
Three slightly smaller
Twenty-four dinner-plates with osier-moulded borders
A large soup-dish
Six soup-plates with osier-moulded borders
Five soup-plates with spirally-moulded borders
Eight crescent-shaped salad-plates
Five luncheon-plates
Two breakfast-bowls
Fourteen starter-plates
Seven slightly smaller
Five starter-plates with spirally-moulded borders
One slightly smaller
Eight side-plates
Eight two-handled soup-cups, covers and six stands
Eight smaller two-handled soup-cups, covers and stands
Eight two-handled broth-cups and stands
Five salt-shakers
Four pepper-shakers
A circular butter-dish and cover
A coffee-pot and cover
A hot-water-jug and cover
Another smaller
A hot-milk-jug and cover
Three teapots and covers in three sizes
A water-jug
Three milk-jugs in three sizes
A cream-jug
An oval two-handled sugar-box and cover
Two two-handled circular sugar-boxes and covers
A sugar-shaker
A leaf-shaped box and cover
A circular sugar-bowl
Twenty-four breakfast cups
Twenty-six saucers
Eight teacups
Two smaller
Thirty-six cake-plates

14 ¹/₂ in. (37 cm.) wide across handles, the large oval soup-tureen

Lot Essay

Historically one of the most popular services created by Herend, the Rothschild Bird pattern was first crafted by the Hungarian manufactory in 1850. Members of the prominent Rothschild family were important customers and patrons of Herend at the time. As the story goes, Baroness Rothschild one day lost a pearl necklace at her residence in Vienna. The next day, her gardener apparently found it in the beak of bird, playing with it in a tree. As such, the service playfully depicts a variety of birds and insects among foliage, often with a necklace seen tucked among the branches. The darling motif has remained popular to the present, and in 1981, Lady Diana Spencer purportedly chose the pattern for her wedding china.