Sold for $5,000

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Herend Chinese Bouquet Porcelain Dinner Service

Circa 1930

comprising:
18 dinner plates
12 salad plates
11 dessert plates
12 soup plates
11 coffee cups
10 coffee saucers
6 teacups
6 saucers
1 teapot
1 coffee pot
1 milk pitcher
1 creamer
1 covered sugar
1 waste bowl
2 butter domes
1 sauce boat
7 lozenge-form dishes
1 round platter
1 large oval platter
2 small oval platters
2 oval open vegetable dishes
1 triangular vegetable dish
4 round covered vegetable dishes
1 large tureen
9 egg cups;
123 items total.

Diameter of dinner plates 10 inches.

Condition Report

In overall fine condition, showing signs of everyday use. There are small chips to a number of pieces. One of the soup plates has a hairline crack extending inward from a chip to the rim. The teapot has a chip to the tip of its spout; a rubber sleeve has been placed over the spout, possibly to conceal further damage. One of the round covered vegetable dishes is missing the stem detail from the lemon finial. Scattered instances of rubbing and loss to the gilt trim. The service is nonetheless attractive and usable.

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