Lot 27
A Le Tallec Cirque Chinois Porcelain Dinner Service
Sale 1338 - Dining at Home
Lots Open
May 1, 2024
Lots Close
May 15, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
Estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $16,510

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Le Tallec Cirque Chinois Porcelain Dinner Service
Retailed by Tiffany and Co., Late 20th/Early 21st Century
comprising:
10 dinner plates
15 salad plates
13 soup bowls
4 entrée bowls
1 coffee pot
1 creamer
1 covered sugar;
45 items total.
Diameter of dinner plate 10 1/4 inches.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois and Charleston, South Carolina

Provenance:
Carlton Dailey Twentieth Century,
Charleston, SC
Condition Report
Overall good condition. The service has few if any signs of use and has been well cared for, with felt dividers between the plates for storage. One dinner plate and two salad plates have minor chips to their rims. Otherwise appears free of chips, cracks or restorations. The four "entrée bowls" are more like soup plates; they measure 10 inches in diameter and sit 1 3/8 inches high. The soup bowls are 9 inches in diameter and the salad plates are 7 3/4 inches. The salad plates comprise 5 examples with red dragon detail, 4 with blue, 4 green and 2 yellow. The soup bowls have 4 red dragons, 3 green, 2 blue and 1 yellow.

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