Sale 1186
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$400 – $600
Footed plates: height 2 3/8 x diameter 9 3/8 inches.
Shorter tazze: height 4 3/8 x diameter 9 1/4 inches.
Taller tazze: height 6 1/8 x diameter 9 7/8 inches.
The set appears in overall fair, stable, and usable condition. One dinner plate with a chip to the scalloped rim. There are visible scuffs and scrapes to the few of the plates, likely from past cutlery use. The floral decoration on one plate does not appear to be entirely finished, as one leaf is missing the depth of color that the others exhibit. One of the footed plates with pitting near the foot, another with surface deposit residue to the plate. One tall tazza with extensive restoration to cracks in the foot, repaired with a staple to the underside. The top of the tazza with a raised area of paint decoation to camoflauge a screw holding the top to the base.All items are dusty and would benefit from cleaning. Moderate shelf wear to the underside of the set. Each bearing an accession number to the underside.
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