A Chinese Export Blue 'Fitzhugh' pattern part dinner service early 19th century

each piece typically painted in underglaze-blue with tightly packed groups of stylized flowers, within gilt rims, comprising:
a soup tureen and cover, four small oval platters in various sizes, two sauce boats and three stands, two sauce tureens and two stands and one cover, a lobed dessert dish, a kidney-shaped dessert dish, a shell-shaped dessert dish, an ice pail liner, two circular dishes, a square salad bowl, three small baskets and one stand, a large basket and stand, three medium-sized stands, three large vegetable tureens and covers, four smaller vegetable tureens and covers, twenty dessert plates, nineteen dessert bowls, twenty-one soup plates and 17 dinner plates. Two pieces broken, soup tureen cover repaired, some small chips and hair cracks. 123 pieces.

All in generally good condition, but with some wear to many of the gilt rims, except: Soup tureen cover has been broken in half and riveted. Soup tureen has minor star cracks to the base and one side. The largest platter has several rim chips. One sauce tureen has two large chips to the foot. Kidney shape dish has a 1/4 inch rim chip. Shell dish has a 2 inch hair crack to the rim. One circular dish has three large chips and several hair cracks to the rim. The other circular dish has a large section broken from the rim and restuck. Two small baskets both have both handles ground off, one also has a small rim chip. The other small basket has one handle broken off. The large pierced stand has a 3/8 inch round rim chip. One small vegetable tureen has a 3 inch haircrack across the corner of the base. Dessert plates - 2 have a 1 and a half inch hair crack to the rim; 6 have a 1/2 inch hair crack to the rim; one has a3/8 inch rim chip; one has several very short hair cracks to the rim; one has a 1/4 inch rim chip; one has a minor haircrack to the center. Dessert bowls - one has a large piece broken from the rim; three have a 1/4 inch rim chip; one has a half inch rim chip; one has a rim chip and a hair crack; one has a hair crack to the rim extending 5 inches around the cavetto. Soup Plates - one has two minor less than 1/8 inch rim chips; one has a large rim chip and several cracks; one has a long crack and rim chip; one has several rim chips and a crack; two have several minor haircracks to the rim; two have a 1/4 inch rim chip; one has a crack to the center; one has a rim chip and minor crack.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

According to the transcript of a label dated 1960 and formerly affixed to the back of one piece of this serivce, it was given to Helen Bunce Edwards in 1909. Mrs. Bunce Edwards had received it from Grace Jewett Bunce, a relative of a Miss Roosevelt who had married Mr. Richard Varick, Mayor of New York, in 1789, and to whom the serivce had apparently once belonged.