Paris Porcelain Ornithological Part-Dinner Service, Early 19th Century
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD, each piece painted with a vignette of a named bird specimen in its natural habitat within a gray-ground border decorated with beribboned trophies around the rim, comprising:
2 soup tureens, covers and stands;
4 sauce tureens, covers and fixed stands in two forms;
94 dinner plates;
6 circular dishes;
and 19 soup plates without bird subjects,
specimen script marks, EMS monogram mark in black enamel, incised marks. 133 pieces.
width of tureen stands 15 3/8 in.
39.1 cm,
Sold for 27,940 USD