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The Porcelain Sale II

Fri, Apr 5, 2019 11:00AM EDT
Lot 210

Extensive Wedgwood Transfer Printed and Enriched Creamware Service in the 'Napoleon Ivy' Pattern

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Various impressed and printed marks.

Comprising:

Four circular platters in graduated sizes

Two oval vegetable dishes

A square shaped dish

A sauce boat on fixed stand

A circular saucer dish

A shaped stand

Sixteen dinner plates

Fifteen salad plates

Thirteen lunch plates

Nine fruit bowls

Thirty side plates

Thirty-six two handled soup bowls and thirty saucers

Twenty teacups and nineteen saucers

Seven demitasse cups and nine saucers

Two cream jugs

A sugar bowl and cover

Six egg cups

Four condiment dishes

A cigarette box 

Two ashtrays

The dinner plates 10 1/4 in. diam.

Note: This pattern is styled after the tableware used by Napoleon during his exile on the south Atlantic Island of St. Helena in 1815 after his defeat by the British and Admiral Nelson at the Battle Of Waterloo.

Condition

In overall good condition. Some pieces with minor nicks or losses to the decoration. A few with chips or pale staining. One teacup with a hairline crack. One cream jug handle has been reglued. Wear consistent with use.