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An English Blue-Rimmed Porcelain Dessert Service
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
Timed Auction
Palm Beach Treasures: Online
Location
Palm Beach
Description

An English Blue-Rimmed Porcelain Dessert Service

19th Century

comprising three tazzas, two oval compotes, a footed square bowl and fourteen plates.
Plates, diameter 9 inches.
20 pieces total.

This lot is located in Palm Beach.

Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York

Condition
Tazza, height 6 5/8" x diameter 9 5/8"Compotes, height 2" x width 10 3/4" x depth 8 3/4"; bowl, height 2" x width 11" x depth 9"; There is significant loss of gilt and color to the decoration, and browning of the porcelain on some pieces.
Provenance
Note:The first sequence of lots in this auction come from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, who is now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Park Avenue home in Manhattan. Lifelong New Yorkers, they passed the summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and the winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming.  Ms Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and a descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center and the Winston Churchill Foundation.
Quantity
1