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THBAn Important 38 Piece English Hard Paste Dessert Service
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJun 5, 2024
Important forces in the art and architecture communities, the Edwards were passionate yet erudite collectors for over fifty years, actively involved in the conservation and preservation of New England’s artistic heritage, and generous benefactors in the Connecticut area and beyond. Their collection includes Important American paintings and works on paper by Paxton, Parrish, Anschutz, Macintosh and others; Aesthetic Movement, American and European furniture and decorative arts, by Godwin, Tiffany, Dresser, Majolica, more; over 400 bottles of wine; important jewelry, and many other treasures. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
19th century, each in gilt and enamel leaf and vine decoration, comprising: pair of large lidded ice buckets, 13 x 14 x 10-1/8 in.; large double handled compote, 7-5/8 x 14-1/8 x 12 in.; pair of reticulated compotes, 6-3/8 x 11-3/4 in. diameter; pair of fitted underplates, 11-1/4 in. diameter; pair of tazzas, 4-1/4 x 9 in. diameter; 24 dinner plates, 9 in. diameter; three double handled plates, 10-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.; pair of salad bowls, 9-1/2 x 9 in.
Note: According to consignor notes this dessert service was commissioned from England by James Stephen Bulloch for his new plantation house, Bulloch Hall, in Roswell, GA. Theodore Roosevelt's parents were married in its dining room in 1853, quite possibly using this service for the celebration.
Provenance: Estate of Sheffield Cowles, Farmington, Connecticut; The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut
Condition
anomalies, pinholes, wear to bases, loss to gilt and enamel, scratching and microabrasions, surface dirt/accretion; one reticulated compote with hairlines to base; one tazza with chip to underside of rim; one dinner plate with chip and hairline; one double handled plate with hairline from rim; one salad bowl with staple repair to openwork element, one with minor chip to foot
- Provenance
Estate of Sheffield Cowles, Farmington, Connecticut; The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut
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