$1,304
Chinese Export Porcelain Coffee and Tea Set, late 18th century, decorated with orange borders with gilt grapevines and "WCB" monogram for William Cranch Bond, Boston; comprising a lighthouse-form coffeepot, drum-form teapot, helmet-form creamer, covered sugar bowl, a tea caddy, thirteen tea bowls, eleven handled cups, fourteen saucers, two small plates, a shallow bowl, and a small deep bowl, approx. forty-seven pieces total, (minor imperfections), ht. 1 1/8-10 in. Provenance: Purchased from Elinor Gordon, 1968. Some gilt wear on all pieces, two of the handled cups have a very small rim chip, one teabowl has a 1 1/2 in. hairline, all other items in very good condition.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-08-14
