Part of a service in porcelain of Limoges... - Lot 45 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 45
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Part of a service in porcelain of Limoges... - Lot 45 - Coutau-Bégarie
Part of a service in porcelain of Limoges (Haviland) of the end of the XIXth century Marks in green H & Co/L or H & Co and in manganese with the stamp in a medallion HAVILAND & Co/LIMOGES, marks of painter D in the decorations Of contoured and gadrooned form in spirals, with printed polychrome decoration in the center of various animals in their natural environment, the wing with decoration of a frieze in gold gradation standing out on a blue bottom, gold nets on the heel, including : 1 cup on pedestal, 2 tazzae (one chip at rim), 1 fish dish, 2 oval dishes (both sizes), 11 soup plates (one restored and with chip), 8 large plates (one with small chip), 10 plates (three with chip), 16 dessert plates; 8 coffee cups and ten saucers (one handle broken and reattached, one cup with crack and two with chips; eight saucers with very small chips); minor wear L. of the fish dish : 60,5 cm. D. of a large plate: 24 cm. Notes: This set was inspired by a service produced for U.S. President Rutherford, based on Theodore Davis' watercolors of American flora and fauna. Theodore Davis also created new forms in collaboration with the Haviland factory and their advanced techniques, especially for the decorations with chromolithography. Davis' choice to represent these different animals with particular plants in their natural habitat from all regions of America, symbolized the recent unification of the American nation, for a service that was to be used at the presidential table. A set of original pieces is in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art (Inv. BMA 1999.133-136, and 138-141, and BMA.1998.22). According to Mr. Laurens d'Albis, a descendant of the Haviland family who has written numerous publications on the production of this factory, the cost price of this American service was so high that some time later the remaining chromolithographs were used on other forms with different borders.
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