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Emporium Auction - July 13, 2023

Thu, Jul 13, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 223

12 Royal Vienna or Style Floral Decorated Plates

Estimate: $300 - $500

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

Austrian, 19th/20th century, each with overglaze blue bindenschild or beehive mark, comprising: three with enamel floral and vine decoration atop pink ground, 8-5/8 in. diameter; three with enamel floral decoration atop yellow ground, 8-3/4 in. diameter; three with enamel floral and vine decoration atop green ground, 8-1/2 in. diameter; three with enamel floral decoration atop pink ground, 8-3/4 in. diameter

Condition

anomalies, pinholes, some abrasions, loss to gilt and enamel, slight wear to bases; three enamel floral and vine on pink ground with retouch to design (see blacklight)

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Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania