This service for 12 is the iconic Hunting Pattern made for Louis-Phillipe at Chateau Fontainebleau dated 1846. This museum quality set consists of 50 pieces including 12 dinner plates, 12 large rimmed soup bowls, 12 dessert plates and 12 luncheon plates. The dessert plates also include 2 footed tazzas.
Each piece is decorated with foliate arabesques and wild hunting animal figures intertwined with vines, oval and diamond crests enclosed in gilt band trim. The centers of each piece is decorated with an elaborate gilded star and a gilded band along the well.
Dinner plates. 10.13”
Luncheon plates. 9.63”
Rimmed soup bowls. 9.38”
Dessert plates. 8.38”
2 footed compotes. 8.75”