An extensive Chinese Export blue 'Fitzhugh' pattern armorial dinner service circa 1800

each piece painted in the center with the arms of Dawe quartering Moore, Lewes and Selwyn, comprising: two soup tureens, covers and stands, four sauce tureens, covers and stands, two vegetable dishes, covers and liners, four vegetable dishes and covers, two square salad bowls, four sauceboats and three stands, fifteen custard cups and covers, eighteen warming plates, two 17¾-inch platters and drainers, two 17½-inch platters, two 16-inch platters, a 14½-inch platter, two 13-inch platters, an 11½-inch platter, six 10½-inch platters, twenty-four soup plates, twenty-four dessert plates, twelve side plates, twelve berry bowls and sixty dinner plates. Some minor chips and repairs. 239 pieces.

All pieces are in good condition, with just occasional rubbing to the gilding and some wear and flaking to the gilding on the plate and dish rims, except as follows: The handle of one large vegetable tureen is a made up ceramic restoration. One vegetable dish cover has been broken in half and is poorly restored One custard cup cover has been broken in half and restored. One berry bowl has a 1/4 inch rim chip One side plate has a 1/4 inch rim chip One side plate has a 2 inch hair crack to the center One side plate has a 1/2 inch restored rim chip Four soup plates each have a 1/4 inch rim chip One dessert plate has an area of repair and a 4 inch crack to the rim One dessert plate has two large pieces broken out of the rim and fixed with tape Two dessert plates each have a hair crack across the center One dessert plate has a 1/8 inch rim chip One desert plate has 2 small rim chips One dessert plate has a 3/8 inch restuck rim chip Six dinner plates have a hair crack to the center Two dinner plates have a 3/8 inch rim edge chip One dinner plate has a hair crack to the center and a small rim chip Four dinner plates have a short hair crack to the rim One dinner plate has two small rim chips. One dinner plate has been broken in half and glued and has a rim chip.
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.

A soup tureen and large platter from this service are illustrated by David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p. 690, no. U7, who notes that the service was made for Hill Dawe, of Ditcheat House, Somerset. The tureen and platter illustrated by Howard are from a service sold at Christie's, London in November 1951, which comprised approximately 240 pieces, including fifteen custard cups, and it is therefore most likely that it and the present service are one and the same.