Lot 66

101 Piece Paris Porcelain Dinner Service

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
French, 19th century,ÿdecorated with pale blue rims and gilt geometric fretwork borders, gilt medallion to center, including 18 dinner plates, 9 in.; 12 rim soup bowls, 9 in.; 18 small shallow bowls, 7-1/2 in.; nine covered pots de creme; eight demitasse cups; six saucers; three molded shell form plates; three covered sauce boats with attached trays; two gravy boats; three gravy boat stands;ÿthree footed octagonal serving pieces; pair of round covered vegetable dishes; four square covered vegetable dishes; pair of two tiered dessert stands; round serving dish; seven oval serving dishes, 11 in. to 17-1/2 in.; Provenance: The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia

Condition

one dinner plate with two repaired breaks to rim, one with chip to rim, two with hairlines; one small bowl with hairlines, one with spider crack; square vegetable lids with rough edges/kiln debris, do not sit flush;ÿone pot de creme missing lid; one demitasse cup with small crack to base, some light kiln debris; one tiered stand with radiating hairlines to top tray, one tiered stand with repaired breaks to top tray (yellowing); one sauce boat lid with hairlines, faint firing cracks and stains around flanges; one shell form dish with spider crack; other minorÿnicksÿto edges, light scratches and gilt loss, wear to bases, light crazing, some variations in blue color borders, minor anomalies as made