many different types of plates and cups on the table
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117 - A set of composite porcelain tableware from the late 19th–ea…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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A set of composite porcelain tableware from the late 19th–early 20th and 20th centuries Various marks in red and black on gold for Perrier Fils/ 238 Boulevard Saint-Germain/PARIS, in red for ANDRE GENESTIER/13 Rue Washington/PARIS, and various marks in green for Sèvres;; the Sèvres porcelain pieces are partly in the Sèvres style or decorated With a polychrome and gold decoration featuring a crest comprising a ducal crown surmounted by a depiction of Melusine in a gold medallion set against three registers of interlaced floral garlandsand a star-patterned background, with gold scalloped edging, comprising: - 24 soup plates - 190 dinner plates (the centres featuring two designs) - 60 dessert plates (some touch-ups) - 2 chocolate pots and their lids (one with a crack), and two wooden spoons - 2 teapots and their lids - 44 teacups and 109 saucers - 24 coffee cups and their saucers; (scratches, some minor wear) Height of a chocolate pot: 20 cm. Diameter of a plate: approximately 24.5 cm The coat of arms of the Ranchin de Montaran family Azure, a fess Or, accompanied in chief by three stars of the same and in base by a silver well with masonry. Supported by two Melusines holding a hand mirror. Surmounted by a marquis’s crown, from which one of these Melusines emerges. ----------------------------------- The Ranchin de Montaran family (formerly Ranchin) descends from Pierre Ranchin, a merchant and burgher of Uzès in the 14th century. Their descendants included an ambassador to Constantinople, auditors at the Chamber of Accounts in Montpellier, tax collectors, a deputy to the Estates of Orléans in 1560, a councillor at the Court of Aides, a consul of Montpellier, several councillors at the Parliament of Toulouse, a Councillor-Secretary to the King, a governor of Saint-Hypolite (see his ex-libris above), etc. See, in particular: Bnf, Chérin 168, Dossiers bleus 556, PO 2432, etc. This service was probably commissioned for Charles Marie Armand de Ranchin (1841–1899) or for his son Pierre de Ranchin (born in 1876); see the latter’s son: Philippe (1910–1990), whose descendants live to this day. The fact that this service does not bear the full coat of arms of the Ranchins of Montaran can – most likely – be explained by the Anglomania of the time, which – on silverware, porcelain, etc. – used only the crest: the crest plus the figure emerging from it. Thus, here we see a ducal crown – such misrepresentations of rank were very common in France – from which emerges one of these Melusines holding a hand mirror.
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About the sale Antique Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art from the 17th to the 19th century
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 06/18/2026 at 10:00 AM
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