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A Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Dinner Service
Estimate: $2,000-$4,000
Sold
$32,500
Live Auction
Dining at Home
Description
A Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Dinner Service
comprising:
14 dinner plates
14 salad plates
13 bread plates
14 soup bowls
10 fruit bowls
7 coffee cups
8 teacups
8 saucers
4 salt or pepper shakers
2 candlesticks
1 two-handled sugar bowl
1 creamer
1 oblong serving plate
1 spoon rest
1 covered tureen with under plate
1 large serving bowl
1 salt cellar with spoon
1 large round platter;
104 items total
Diameter of serving platter 19 inches.
14 dinner plates
14 salad plates
13 bread plates
14 soup bowls
10 fruit bowls
7 coffee cups
8 teacups
8 saucers
4 salt or pepper shakers
2 candlesticks
1 two-handled sugar bowl
1 creamer
1 oblong serving plate
1 spoon rest
1 covered tureen with under plate
1 large serving bowl
1 salt cellar with spoon
1 large round platter;
104 items total
Diameter of serving platter 19 inches.
Property from the Estate of John D. Fornengo, Chicago, Illinois
Condition
In overall good, attractive condition with scattered chips and small areas of loss to glaze throughout—including one dinner plate with a one-inch chip to the rim; a small shallow rim chip to one salt or pepper shaker, one coffee cup, a fruit bowl, a candlestick and the tureen cover; a partially repaired chip to the edge of one bread plate; a chip to the rim of the large serving bowl; two chips, one partially repaired, to the lettuce-form rim of the tureen; and one salad plate with two chips to the rim. Spoon rest with significant visible repair and two areas of remaining loss. Small amount of amber-colored deposit on one salad plate. Additional images available upon request.
Provenance
Provenance:
Devonshire, Palm Beach
Note:
This set was custom-made by Dodie Thayer for DeeDee Fornengo.