"Paris Porcelain Dessert Service With Castelnau Family Coat Of Arms "
Dessert service in hard porcelain from Paris, Napoleon III period, second half of the 19th century, white and green fretwork model on the rim and gold border with light leafy decoration and black threads, large polychrome and gold arms under the Count's crown in the center of the plates and at the base of the pieces in the form of the Castelnau family Quarterly: 1 and 4, azure, an open castle of argent crenellated and masoned sable topped with three keeps with their weather vanes, 2 and 3, gold, two sable wolves placed one on top of the other, all argent, with a cross pattée gules service composed of 6 dessert plates 22.5 cm in diameter, a fruit bowl 13 cm high and 24.5 cm in diameter, a display stand or mute servant with 2 levels 30 cm high, plates 24 and 12.5 cm in good condition for the set not shock no chips gilding in good condition note a small crack at the base of the grip of the display stand marks incised in the paste on the back of certain pieces characteristic of the period and Parisian manufactures very beautiful set in a quality porcelain close to that of Sèvres rare with arms all questions welcome careful shipping