Details
Each finely painted with various regional figures identified on the underside, comprising: two compotes raised on parcel-gilt hoof feet and twelve dessert plates
812 in. (21.6 cm.) diameter, the compotes
Provenance
By repute, Samuel A. Eliot (1798–1862), prominent Boston political figure.
Thence by descent.
Sold at auction by a descendant; Jim Dickerson Auctions, Charlotte, VT, 1993.
Acquired from Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Inc., New York, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1994.
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