Each with the motto VI ET VIRTUTE above the crest of an arm holding a dagger, all within a gilt scrollwork band and gadrooned borders, comprising:
A round soup tureen, cover and stand
Two sauce tureens, covers and stands
Two rectangular vegetable dishes and covers
A large square salad bowl
Five shaped oval platters in three sizes
A circular footed tray
Sixteen soup plates
Twenty-three dinner plates
Seventeen salad or dessert plates
16¹⁄₄ in. (41.2 cm.) long, the largest platter

J. Rochelle Thomas, New York, 2 October 1974.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above.

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Overall in good condition; some light surface wear and scratches; some light rubbing to the gilding; scattered chips throughout, mainly the undersides of the rims; additional condition details below:

A round soup tureen, cover and stand, 12⁵⁄₈ in. diameter—The stand with a chipped area to the well where the tureen rests; the tureen in good condition, a tiny nick to the rim.

Two sauce tureens, covers and stands, 8¹⁄₈ in. diameter, the stands—Good condition.

Two rectangular vegetable dishes and covers, 12 in. long—One with two chips to the underside of the gadrooned rim; the other with a large chip to the underside of the gadrooned rim; one cover with a large restored rim chip and a small restored rim chip.

A large square salad bowl, 11¹⁄₈ in. wide— A tiny chip or two; two corners with short firing cracks to the exterior in the making.

Five shaped oval platters in three sizes, comprising:
--A large platter, 16¹⁄₄ in. long—With a restored rim chip near 2 o’clock, mainly to the underside of the rim; another small flat chip under the rim at 3 o’clock.
--Two medium platters, 12 in. long—One with a small chip to the underside of the rim; the other with two restored chips, mainly to the underside of the rim.
--Two small platters, 10³⁄₈ in.—Both with a few small rim chips.

A circular footed tray, 11¹⁄₄ in. diameter—Two chips to the underside of the rim.

Sixteen soup plates, 10¹⁄₄ in. diameter— Some scattered chips, mainly to the underside of the rims; two plates with two restored a restored rim chips; two plates with a restored rim chip;

Twenty-three dinner plates, 10⁵⁄₈ in. diameter-- Some scattered chips, mainly to the underside of the rims; three with a chipped loss to the footrim.

Seventeen salad or dessert plates, 9 in. diameter-- Some scattered chips, mainly to the underside of the rims; one plate with a flat chip and a restored rim chip.

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