246-piece Limoges Porcelain Dinner Service

Description:

246-piece Limoges Porcelain Dinner Service, France, 19th century, white ground with green banding and overall gilt highlights, all bearing mark to underside "MANSARD & FILS/Paris/34 R. PARADIS," including: sixty plates dia. 9 to 9 1/8; thirty-four teacups with handle, ht. 2 1/2; thirty-four saucers, dia. 5 1/2; twenty-seven soup plates, dia. 7 3/4; twenty-six plates, dia. 7 3/4; twenty-three plates, dia. 8 1/8 to 8 1/4; twenty-one soup bowls, ht. 1 1/2, dia. 9; six shell-form dishes: four wd. 10, one wd. 9, one wd. 8 3/4; five oval platters: two ht. 1 5/8, wd. 13; one ht. 2, wd. 15 1/4; one ht. 2, wd. 17 1/2; one ht. 3, wd. 23 3/4; four footed dessert trays: two ht. 5 3/4, dia. 9 1/4; two ht. 5 1/8, dia. 8 3/8; four covered vegetable dishes, ht. 6 1/2, wd. 11 3/4; three openwork footed compotes with pierced baskets and scrolling bases: one ovoid, ht. 11 5/8, wd. 17; two round, ht. 7 3/8 to 7 1/2, dia. 9 1/2; two gravy boats with undertrays, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 10; two round covered tureens with scrolled handles, ht. 7, dia. 9 1/2; a round covered bonbon dish with crabstock handles, and undertray, total ht. 5, dia. 7 1/4; a round bowl, ht. 3 1/8, dia. 7 5/8; an oval covered tureen, ht. 12 3/4, wd. 14 1/2; and an oval covered tureen, ht. 11 3/4, wd. 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

Overall structurally in very good condition. One footed dessert tray (tazza) broken and mended. One teacup with a rim chip. Overall scattered usage wear to gilding, especially to dish centers.


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