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A Group Of Chinese Export Porcelain Tablewares Associated With The DeWitt and Maria Clinton Service
Estimate: $1,500-$2,500
Sold
$2,250
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description

A Group Of Chinese Export Porcelain Tablewares Associated With The DeWitt and Maria Clinton Service

Circa 1800


including two soup plates, a tea cup and saucer, a dinner plate, and a medium plate; together with a teapot decorated with a hunting scene. (7 items).

Diameter 9 3/4 inches (largest).

Condition
Overall with some rubbing and wear to the gilding and enamels as expected with age and use. Each of the plates with some minor stacking wear to the wells. The medium plate with a small hairline to the rim, visible from both the front and the reverse (approx. 1 inch long). The soup plate with a small chip to the rim. The teacup with two small chips to the rim. The saucer also with a small chip to the rim. The teapot with a hairline to the body extending beneath and above the lower portion of the handle connection (please see photos); as well as a shallow chip/loss to the tree in one roundel. The teapot rim and cover footrim with a few scattered minor chips as well. Presents well overall.
Provenance
Provenance:Property of a Mid-Atlantic Institution.