ID 819946
Lot 427 | A BELGIAN PORCELAIN ZOOLOGICAL PART DINNER SERVICE
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
CIRCA 1818-1825, BY FREDERIC-THEODORE FABER
Each piece finely painted after Buffon with a different mammal identified in script to the edge of each scene, the rims with gilt berried vine, comprising: a soup tureen, cover and stand; nine graduated oval platters in four sizes; one large circular platter; two smaller circular platters; four chargers; a sauce tureen and cover on fixed stand; three sauce-boats on stands; two salad bowls; four shell-shaped dishes; four twelve-sided dishes; four faceted oval dishes; twenty-four soup plates; one hundred and eighteen dinner plates; a sugar-bowl and cover on fixed stand; twelve small pot de crème and covers
18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm.) long, the largest platter
Provenance
Likely made for King William I of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1772-1843).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 954.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
M. Pinckaers, La Porcelaine de Bruxelles (1767-1953), exhibition cat., 4 May 1984 - 26 June 1984, p. 67, no. 60.
Exhibited
Brussels, La Porcelaine de Bruxelles 1767-1953, exhibition placed under the High Patronage of Their Majesties King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola, organized by the municipal administration and by the Artistic Association of Auderghem, at the Rouge-Cloître Art Centre, 4 May-26 June 1984.
San Francisco, The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, Animalia: Animals in Art and Antiques, 27 October - 30 October 2016.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Category: | Services |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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