AN HERMES PORCELAIN 'CHEVAL D'ORIENT' PATTERN DINNER-SERVICE
Lot 222 The Wolf and The Horse

AN HERMES PORCELAIN 'CHEVAL D'ORIENT' PATTERN DINNER-SERVICE

MODERN, PRINTED MARKS

Closed17 December 2014

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GBP 27,500

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AN HERMES PORCELAIN 'CHEVAL D'ORIENT' PATTERN DINNER-SERVICE
MODERN, PRINTED MARKS
Printed and painted with horses, patterned bands and flowers, comprising: two two-handled soup tureens and covers, two sauceboats, four circular tart platters, two oval vegetable platters, two oval vegetable dishes, sixteen circular serving dishes, sixteen dinner plates, sixteen soup plates, sixteen bread plates, fourteen cake plates, fourteen dessert plates, a two-handled sugar bowl, a cream jug, thirteen teacups and saucers and twelve coffee-cups and fourteen saucers
The soup tureens 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) across handles

Specialist note

The 'Cheval d'Orient' pattern was inspired by horses depicted in Persian miniatures.