A Villeroy and Boch Porcelain Dinner Service

Late 20th Century

Basket pattern, comprising:
12 dinner plates
12 salad plates
11 bread and butter plates
13 coffee cups
14 saucers
8 fruit bowls
4 cream soup bowls
2 oval bread plates;
76 items total.
Diameter of dinner plate 10 1/2 inches.

Property from Strawberry Hill: The Collection of Ada and Barrie Regan, Hillsborough, California

This lot is located in Chicago.

In 1912, Joseph D. Grant, the financier and San Francisco civic leader, commissioned architect Lewis Hobart to design and build "Villa Rose" on the San Francisco peninsula. The 40-acre parcel in Hillsborough, California remains as one of the original, historic Gilded Age estates with lush gardens surrounded by wooded parkland. When Charles R. Blyth and his wife purchased the estate in 1936, they renamed it "Strawberry Hill," a reference to the home's pleasing pink color and a nod to Horace Walpole's Gothic Revival mansion in London.

When Ada and Barrie Regan purchased the residence, it was in a state of disrepair and required substantial attention to the interior and the gardens. Once restoration was complete, Ada and Barrie Regan filled the home with wonderful Continental furniture and decorative objects. Their appreciation for the home's architecture and history is evident in the collection they assembled.

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A Villeroy and Boch Porcelain Dinner Service

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