Gerald Gulotta (b. 1921) for Block Langenthal Transition Pattern Dinner Service

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Dec 14, 2021 - Dec 22, 2021

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• Lot Description
  Gerald Gulotta (b. 1921) for Block Langenthal Transition Pattern Dinner Service, Switzerland, designed 1967, porcelain, printed mark "Suisse Langenthal Transition," 120 pieces: fourteen cups with brown squares, ht. 3, two all-white cups, ht. 3, eight saucers, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, fifteen saucers, 6 x 6, twelve brown glaze plates, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2, all the remaining pieces are all white: eight salad/dessert plates, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2, two cream soup bowls, handle to handle, 6, five cream soup stands, 7 x 7, seventeen bread and butter plates, 6 1/4 x 6 1/4, eight luncheon plates 7 3/4 x 8, seventeen dinner plates, 10 x 10, one covered sugar, ht. 2, one sugar lacking cover, ht. 1 3/4, one creamer, ht. 4, one coffeepot, ht. 4 3/4, one tea/coffeepot cover, 3 1/4, one bowl, ht. 2 1/4, one serving platter, 15 1/2 x 11, one serving platter, 14 x 10, one serving platter, 12 1/4 x 9, one serving platter, 11 x 11, one open serving bowl, 8 x 8, and two covered serving dishes, handle to handle 10 in.
  
  Note: Gulotta was born in Illinois in 1921. After service in World War II, he attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, studying at the Experimental Design Laboratory. He later joined the faculty at Pratt and had a long career as an educator in the United States, Mexico, Portugal, and especially in China. His interests ranged widely from children's play equipment to silverware. His several designs for Block China were particularly successful, including the "Transition" pattern.

  Condition

  
  
  Condition: One bread and butter plate and one saucer each with a small chip to the edge.
  
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