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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Sep 10, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 645

Mottahedeh 'Strawberry Vine' Dinner Service for 12

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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

late 20th century, hand painted and gilt fruiting strawberry vines along the rim, with standard Mottahedeh factory marks to base, 111 piece porcelain service comprising: 13 dinner plates, 10 in.; 12 half moon salad plates, 8-1/2 in.; 13 bread and butter plates, 7 in.; 12 soup bowls, 9-3/4 in.; 12 dessert plates, 8-1/2 in.; 14 chop plates, 12-3/4 in.; 12 cups; 14 saucers; creamer; lidded sugar; lidded coffee pot; lidded tea pot; two square serving bowls; large oval platter, 14-1/4 in.; covered tureen, 7-1/4 x 10-3/4 in.; and underplate, 12-1/2 in.

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Provenance: Mottahedeh & Co., Inc., New York, NY, purchased in 1977 (accompanied by receipts and order correspondence letter from Mildred R. Mottahedeh); Estate of Brock Arms, Flat Rock, North Carolina

Condition

one saucer with spider crack; one bread and butter plate with spider crack; one bread and butter plate with small repair/retouch rim chip; one soup bowl with faint rim hairline; the set in otherwise good condition, some wear to gilt, minor scratches, light surface dirt

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