1359
Lenox cobalt banded china dinner service
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500
Sold
$2,250
Live Auction
Fine Rugs, Decorative Arts, Paintings & Furniture on May 12th at 10am
Category
Description
retailed by "Tiffany & Co. New York," modeled after President Woodrow Wilson's china service, approx 150 pieces, including: 12 dinner plates, 12 luncheon plates, 12 bread plates, 12 bouillon cups, 12 salad bowls, 12 dessert shells, 12 demitasse cups, 12 sandwich/coffee plates, 12 saucers, 20 tea/coffee cups, 13 bouillon saucers, 11 demitasse saucers, 2 large meat platters, 2 small platters, 2 round serving plates, round covered serving dish, oval covered serving dish, gravy boat and underplate, and an open serving dish
Condition
One dinner plate chipped, oval serving dish cracked, the rest in very good condition
Provenance
Lenox made the first American White House presidential china service. This greatly increased their prestige and, as a result, business boomed for the young American china company in New Jersey
