AN EXTENSIVE RAYNAUD LIMOGES PORCELAIN DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE IN THE ‘SHEHERAZADE’ PATTERN
MODERN, GILT CIRCULAR R UPPER CASE AND SCRIPT MARKS
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Price Realised USD 35,280
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USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
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Closed: 22 Oct 2024
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AN EXTENSIVE RAYNAUD LIMOGES PORCELAIN DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE IN THE ‘SHEHERAZADE’ PATTERN
MODERN, GILT CIRCULAR R UPPER CASE AND SCRIPT MARKS
The understated but elegant design of this service is named after Scheherazade, the fabled wife of the mythical Persian king Shahryar. The characters derive from One Thousand and One Nights, a compilation of Middle Eastern folk tales. King Shahryar, heartbroken by infidelity, arranges that each new wife he takes should be killed the next day—until he marries the beautiful and clever Scheherazade. Knowing her life is at risk, Scheherazade spends each night telling her husband a thrilling tale with a cliff-hanger. The king is so enthralled by her storytelling that each morning he puts off her death to find out what happens next – this pattern continues for 1,001 nights. The story was further popularized by the Russian symphonic suite bearing her name, composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. As such, this service is perfectly suited to set the table for your own storied evenings.
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Overall very nice, nearly pristine condition; very tiny knife wear to the innermost gilt bands of the plates only, and this only visible in a raking light. The circular tureen with some minor wear to the gilding where the handles meet the body. One soup cup with a very small touch-up to its gilding on one handles.
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MODERN, GILT CIRCULAR R UPPER CASE AND SCRIPT MARKSAN EXTENSIVE RAYNAUD LIMOGES PORCELAIN DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICE IN THE ‘SHEHERAZADE’ PATTERNEstimate: USD 20,000 - 30,000
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