Earthenware Table Service From Gien, Dionysos Decor, 19th Century, 106 Pieces

Exceptional table service of 106 pieces in earthenware from Gien decorated with Dionysos (children at the press) 19th time Stamp on the back from 1875 Sky blue and niello ocher colors Decor of children playing around a press with interlacing, chimeras, fire pots and lambrequins in the style of Bérain Frétel of the tureen and the vegetable dish in the shape of a fruit thus recalling that the God Dionysos is the God of the vine, of wine and of its excesses. The plates have scalloped edges like the silverware dishes at the time of Louis XIV This service includes very rare pieces such as the 2 very large fish dishes (59 and 69 cm long), the 12 juice plates with hollow in the mass to collect the juice of the meats or to put a sauce, plates with double edges in Louis XIV style, cups on foot decorated above and below with great care The set is in exceptional condition, certainly never served and kept on display in a glass cabinet. The bases are very white and the cutlery is very shiny This service is made up of: 39 flat plates (d: 25 cm) 16 soup plates 16 dessert plates 12 juice plates 4 standing cups (2 high, 2 low) 5 ravines 3 round dishes 2 oval dishes 2 fish dishes (long: 59 cm and 69 cm) 2 table end candlesticks 1 soup tureen 1 vegetable dish 1 salad bowl 2 sauce boats for a total of 106 pieces