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A PORTUGUESE PALISSY-TYPE PART DINNER SERVICE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
- porcelain
Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, comprising a soup tureen and cover, two circular platters and eight crab-form small dishes and covers. 12 pieces.
Condition
Both platters with very minor occasional footrim chips.
Circular platters- One has a portion of one leg broken away from one of the red crabs and the tips of of two small claws of the overturned crab broken away; the other with half of one of the legs of a red crab broken away and the tip of a leg of the overturned crab broken away.
Crab-form dishes and covers: One dish has a restored break to the two front claws. One cover has a chip to the edge of the front antennule.
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.
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.
Catalogue Note
Similarly decorated wares are illustrated by Marshall P. Katz, Portugese Palissy Ware, A Survey of Ceramics from Caldas da Rainha, 1853-1920, p. 95, fig. 124 and p.98, fig. 131.