Jan 17, 2024 10:00 EST
Entertaining with Style
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Mintons "Cockatrice" Pattern Porcelain Partial Dinner Service
Estate / Collection: Property From a Park Avenue Duplex Decorated by One of New York's Top Interior Designers
Comprising eleven dinner plates, diameter 10 1/4 inches; twelve rim soup bowls, diameter 8 1/4 inches; one salad/dessert plate, diameter 7 7/8 inches; one bowl, diameter 6 1/2 inches; one large teacup and saucer; nine coffee cups and eleven saucers; creamer; two-handled sugar bowl; and a two-handled dessert tray, width 10 1/4 inches, each decorated in the Chinese style with a coq, flowering branches and rockwork, against a pink ground with floral reserves, approximately 50 pieces.
Approximately 50 Pieces
Sold for $1,792
Estimated at $400 - $600
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: Property From a Park Avenue Duplex Decorated by One of New York's Top Interior Designers
Comprising eleven dinner plates, diameter 10 1/4 inches; twelve rim soup bowls, diameter 8 1/4 inches; one salad/dessert plate, diameter 7 7/8 inches; one bowl, diameter 6 1/2 inches; one large teacup and saucer; nine coffee cups and eleven saucers; creamer; two-handled sugar bowl; and a two-handled dessert tray, width 10 1/4 inches, each decorated in the Chinese style with a coq, flowering branches and rockwork, against a pink ground with floral reserves, approximately 50 pieces.
Approximately 50 Pieces
each appears to be in generally good, undamaged condition with the following noteworthy exceptions:
some light scratch marks to the centers of the dinner plates, commensurate with light usage; one cup has a vertical hairline crack originating at its top rim edge; two cups have bad stain discolorations to the interior side of their bowls; one saucer has a small shallow loss to the brown colored enamel on its rim edge; this same saucer has a small brown colored enamel drip spot to its rim edge, apparently as made; there is no cover on the sugar bowl; the large cup has two large chips to its upper rim and should be discarded; one rim soup bowl has a large C-shaped discolored hairline crack to its center (visible on both sides); the enamel decoration appears to be in generally good, intact condition
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
Auction: Entertaining with Style, Jan 17, 2024
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Popular Entertaining with Style Auction on January 17, 2024
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Sale Total Surpasses Expectations Amid Competitive Bidding
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Including Property from the Collection of New York Hostess Alice Mason
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle continued the popular Entertaining with Style auction category with our most recent sale on January 17, 2024. With competitive bidding, the sale total surpassed expectations with an exceptional 94% of the lots sold.
This exciting category showcases an array of stylish items to inspire gracious entertaining at home, including delicate crystal and porcelain for the table, silver flatware, candlesticks and serving pieces, barware and furniture. Collectors, inflencers and entertaining enthusiasts vied for silver flatware and serving pieces in a variety of patterns, porcelain dinner services, and sparkling glassware for table and bar. The sale abounded with unique accessories from cocktail shakers and serving trays to silver frames, vases and decorative objects -- everything you need except the menu!
Featured in the sale was property from the Collection of New York Hostess Alice Mason. Read More
A Walkabout with the Specialist
Todd Sell shared his favorite picks in the Entertaining with Style auction. View the Video
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